Digital Media Practices: Exploring the Challenges of Graphic Design Students in Senior High Schools in Ghana

Digital Media Practices: Exploring the Challenges of Graphic Design Students in Senior High Schools in Ghana

George Kushiator , Michael Adashie , Bertha Ayim and Innocent Yao Klodzi

Issue: Vol.4 No.5 October 2023 Article 1 pp. 91-101
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.2023451 | Published online 31st October, 2023.
© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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ABSTRACT

The development and introduction of digital technology for the past three decades have affected every aspect of human life. Since the introduction of digital technology in schools and colleges, most Graphic Design(GD) students have had difficulties making use of these digital technologies for their various artistic expressions. Therefore, exploiting the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the visual arts classroom has been rather challenging for students. This study thus set out to explore the challenges of Graphic design students in Senior High Schools (SHS) in Ghana. The study was conducted quantitatively. It employed the purposive sampling methodology to select four Senior High Schools where Visual Arts is studied in the Ho Municipality in the Volta Region of Ghana. The simple random sampling method was used to select 400 students from the four schools to answer the designed questionnaire. The result revealed that GD students do not involve computer applications in design knowledge to enhance creativity in the Visual Arts class because they were not taught how to use the computer application software for their practical work. It is recommended that there is a need to investigate to know the factors affecting the proper integration of ICT in the learning of Visual Art at the SHS level. Secondly, students should be trained to use ICT software to do Graphic Design work in the classroom.

Keywords: Graphic Design, Digital Technology, Visual Art Education, Computers.

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AUTHOR(S)

George Kushiator (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Coordinator at the Department of Communication Design, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana. He holds postgraduate degrees in Art and Design.

Michael Adashie (PhD candidate) is a Lecturer in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana. He holds an MFA in Painting. He is an Educator in Painting, Print, and Papermaking with over 20 years of university teaching and mentoring.

Bertha Ayim (MAPPE/PhD candidate) is a Lecturer in the Department of Communication Design, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana. She is an expert in Practice-based Research Methodology, Film, Animation and Motion Photography.

Innocent Y Klodzi (MA, MCOMM) is a PhD student in the Department of Communication Design, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana. His research interests are in the areas of digital technology, design, teaching pedagogy, and learning in the classroom.

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Kushiator, George, Adashie, Michael, Ayim, Bertha & Klodzi, Innocent Y. “Digital Media Practices: Exploring the Challenges of Graphic Design Students in Senior High Schools in Ghana.” Journal of Education and Learning Technology 4, no.5 (2023): 91-101. https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.2023451