Open AccessTaking a Retrospect Look at our Sandwich Education: Quality or Quantity?
Author(s) -
Robert Ampomah,
Eric Twum Ampofo,
Jacob Manu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of applied thought/all nations university journal of applied thought
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2676-282X
pISSN - 2026-691X
DOI - 10.47987/qwpy3580
Subject(s) - sustenance , psychology , quality (philosophy) , significant difference , medical education , mathematics education , medicine , political science , philosophy , epistemology , law
The current study investigated the outlook of sandwich programmes from the lenses of students, based on the acceptability of the programme, quality of the teaching and learning process as well as the challenges sandwich students face. With a survey research design, 250 sandwich students answered questions on the three constructs. At the end of the study, the researchers found evidence that there were no significant differences in the acceptability of sandwich programme, quality of sandwich programmes, challenges of sandwich students, based on gender as well as age. Males and females as well as older and younger students provided similar responses. Secondly, there was a significant difference in the three constructs, based on programme of study. Students offering different programmes provided different information. Thirdly, out of the three constructs, the challenges that sandwich students face had a significant difference in terms of their employment status. Students who were employed and those who were not employed gave different responses. Fourthly, there was a strong positive correlation among the three constructs. Finally, age, quality of sandwich programmes, and challenges of sandwich student’s constructs were good predictors of the acceptability of the sandwich programmes. The researchers recommend that there should be a close look at the age of students, the quality of teaching and learning process, and the challenges of sandwich students in order to determine the sustenance of sandwich programmes.Keywords: Acceptability of Sandwich Programme, Quality of Sandwich Programmes, Challenges of Sandwich Students, Sandwich Students, Distance Education.