Browsing by Author "Adom, Dickson"

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    Building the capacity of students in creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills: Aesthetic narrative of Ayigya Township, Ghana
    (Royallite Global, 2023) Kquofi, Steve; Adom, Dickson
    The study set out to investigate the environmental aesthetics present in habitual areas, specifically in Ayigya Township, Ashanti Region, focusing on picture-making tendencies for optimal skill development. A total of 346 respondents from various structures were specifically chosen to participate in the study using the Narrative Case Study Design under the qualitative research approach. Semi-structured interviews, observation, and photographic documentation were used for the data collection. The data were analysed using photographic documentary and qualitative narrative analysis. The findings demonstrated how dispersed aesthetic elements are in everyday life and how this appreciation would have a positive impact on the Senior High School student’s capacity for creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills. It is suggested that students develop alternative means of expressing their creativity. The study contends that art teachers must help students to use aesthetics in their environments to develop the tools and materials for their artistic productions.
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    The influence of European elements on Asante Textiles.
    (September, 2009.) Adom, Dickson
    The Asante textiles have undergone several changes due to the impacts of some European elements. These impacts are greatly seen in the tools and materials, production techniques, concept of design and fashion of the Asante textiles. There are both positive and negative aspects of the influences of the European elements. It appears that the influence of these European elements on the Asante textiles have not been critically examined as to whether they are reflecting negatively or positively on the rich textile heritage of the Asantes. The study was therefore conducted to examine the impacts of the European elements so as to advise on what aspects of them need to be discontinued or promoted. The researcher gathered data from primary and secondary sources by way of personal interviews, administration of questionnaire, as well as observations. The results of the study have been presented under the following headings: Analysis of the research instruments, main findings (primary and secondary data), Interpreting the data, conclusions and recommendations. This involved investigating and examining the extent to which the Asante textiles have been impacted by these European elements: the positive influences and how they have ensured the improvement of the Asante textile industry and the negative influences and how they have adversely affected the Asante textile industry. The study revealed the beneficiary aspects of the impacts and discusses how they can be harnessed for the development of the textile industry in Ashanti. However, the study pointed out the negative aspects that would endanger the progress of the Asante textile industry which have to be discontinued. Suggestions and recommendations on how to effectively implement the positive influences from Europe to ensure the success and improvement of the Asante textiles industry have been fully dealt with in this report. It is hoped that, the Asante textile producers and the authorities concerned with the progress of the industry such as the Ghana Tourist Board, the various centres for National Culture and NGOs would find the report very useful in their quest of ensuring the development of the Asante textile industry.
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    Measurement invariance, validity, reliability, and factor structure examination of the creativity nurturing behaviour scale for teachers: comparisons across gender in thirteen countries
    (2023) Adom, Dickson
    Creativity is fundamental to the overall progress of humanity and hence identified as a key competence required for being successful in the 21st century. Teaching that nurtures creativity helps not only to unfold children’s creative potential but also to enhance the effectiveness of teaching. The essential step in helping teachers to learn the principles of creativity nurturing pedagogy is to measure creativity nurturing behaviour for teachers and develop it through training. Assessment of teachers’ ability to nurture creativity is much needed. In this research we measured the creativity nurturing behaviour of 2006 teachers from various countries across global with creativity nurturing behaviour scale for teachers and analyzed the four-factor model’s reliability, validity and measurement invariance across gender and countries. The following values were obtained: Cronbach’s alpha (0.75, 0.70, 0.72, 0.79), composite reliability (0.76, 0.72, 0.701, 0.784), configural invariance (comparative fit index: 0.913, root mean square error of approximation: 0.063 and standardized root mean square residual: 0.662), metric invariance (obtained value in comparative fit index: 0.912, root mean square error of approximation: 0.061 and standardized root mean square residual: 0.52) and scalar invariance (obtained value in comparative fit index: 0.909, root mean square error of approximation: 0.064 and standardized root mean square residual: 0.7). The results of the study show that creativity nurturing behaviour scale for teachers is a valid and reliable scale which is invariant across gender and countries. Hence, the scale can be administered to measure the creativity nurturing behaviour of teachers and its results can be employed to identify the developmental needs of teachers to foster creativity in the classroom. This first scale for teachers is translated into Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, English, Turkish, and Persian.