Browsing by Author "Dzakpasu, Bridget Eli"

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    A lettering manual for Junior Secondary School teachers
    (1992) Dzakpasu, Bridget Eli
    The government of Ghana, has embarked on an educational reform which is focused on the restructure and the organisation of the content of the secondary school curriculum in a bid to gear education towards national development. Lettering still forms part of the art curriculum and this shows how important the subject is to national development. It, therefore, has to be handled with all diligence and skill. Taking J.S.S. teachers into consideration, one would notice that not all vocational skills or art teachers, for that matter, studied lettering during their training. Thus it becomes difficult to present the subject to the students the way it should be done. This manual, therefore, seeks to help the vocational skills teacher teach more effectively. The basic structure for both the upper case and lower case letters is discussed. The processes by which letters are extended and condensed are also discussed. The manual also has a documentation of five letter styles (both serif and sans serif). The writer dwells briefly on numerals and also gives an introduction to calligraphy. The teacher who uses this manual would enjoy teaching lettering better since he or she would have various aspects of the subject to explore. Students who go through the step by step instructional programme provided in the manual would be able to do mini jobs involving lettering after graduation. The knowledge and skill they would acquire would help them perform excellently after having some experience with way side artists or artists in general. Bettor skills in lettering will go a long way to make written scripts, posters arid banners more attractive and easier to read and comprehend. In the long run, lettering will play its role in national development.
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    The place of graphic design in national development
    (1993) Dzakpasu, Bridget Eli
    In developing Countries, national development has been the subject of concern over the years. In Ghana, this phenomenon has resulted in the organisation of seminars and conferences, the embarkation on various development programmes such as “Self Reliance”, “Operation Feed Yourself”, Health for All By The Year 2,000”, Clean up Campaigns and National Mobilisation Programmes. It has also resulted in the making of new policies such as the quite recent one concerning the education reform in Ghana. For these programmes to be very successful, the communication gap between the policy makers and organizers and the general public needs to be bridged for understanding and motivation to occur. At this juncture, it is expedient for people to kwon that graphic design products serve as one of the best tools, if not the best, for successful communication so that good use can be made of them in the bid to realise growth in all areas of development in the nation. In Ghana, the major areas of development have been identified as Education, Agriculture, Health, Industry, Science and Technology. This thesis, therefore, seeks to bring to the awareness of the general public the role that graphic design plays in these various areas of national development. It is divided into seven chapters. The first one is the introduction which deals with the problem and its setting. The second is a review of related literature. The third chapter discusses the scope of graphic design. The fourth chapter examines the place of graphic design in school education while the fifth studies the place of graphic design in public education. Chapter six also discusses the role of graphic design in industrial development and chapter seven outlines some recommendations and the conclusion of the thesis. This study was conducted through library studies, critical observation, personal experience and interviews and by visiting various shops, chapels and places of work. It is hoped that this study would be used to enlighten people all over the world.