Sustainable Teacher Training via Distance Education: The Effect of Study Centers, Gender and Economic Demographics on Academic Performance

Hong Zhang, Wilson Osafo Apeanti, Paul Georgescu, Prince Harvim, Dianchen Lu, Tan Li and Bing Zhang
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Hong Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou 213032, China
Wilson Osafo Apeanti: Faculty of Science, University of Education, P.O. Box 25 Winneba, Ghana
Paul Georgescu: Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Iaşi, Bd. Copou 11A, 700506 Iaşi, Romania
Prince Harvim: Faculty of Science, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Dianchen Lu: Faculty of Science, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Tan Li: School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou 213032, China
Bing Zhang: School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou 213032, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: We examine the effectiveness and sustainability of the distance teacher education program established by the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, by investigating the differences in the academic performance of students who are trained in the teacher education program via traditional and distance education modes, respectively, from 2011 to 2015. Close attention is paid to the factors that affect the academic performance of students in the distance mode. Our findings confirm that traditional mode students perform better than their distance mode counterparts in terms of cumulative GPAs. Gender and economic demographics of distance study centers are found to affect the academic performance of distance education students significantly. The policy implications of these findings are discussed and directions of further action are outlined.

Keywords: teacher education; distance education; economic demographics; academic performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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