Abstract:
Graduates feedback is relevant in assessing the effectiveness or other wise of
the services rendered by universities. As a result, the University together with its
stakeholders share the view that there must be a continuous process of assessing the
progress made by its graduates in the world of work in order to improve upon its
programmes and services. This study therefore sought to explore the perceptions of the
graduates about their satisfaction with the quality and relevance of the BA Art
Education Programme. The study employed the sequential mixed methods approach
using qualitative and quantitative methods as the primary means of data collection.
Graduates of the 2010 batch of the BA Art Education programme were used for the
study. Furthermore, the descriptive survey, tracer study and exploratory designs were
adopted for the study. In all, sixty respondents were selected for the study. The
objectives of the study were to find out the current occupational fields of the 2010 Art
Education graduates of UEW and its relations to their respective areas of specialization,
to explore the views of the 2010 Art Education graduates on the relevance of the
undergraduate Art Education program at UEW and to investigate the views of the 2010
Art Education graduates on the quality of the undergraduate Art Education program at
UEW. The study revealed graduates of the Art Education programme are mostly
employed as Art teachers within various educational institution. It was further revealed
that in relation graduates work experiences as wells as competencies required of their
jobs the Art education programme was perceived as relevant. The study further showed
that, graduates were satisfied with the Art Education programme and viewed it as
quality in terms of the knowledge and competencies it provided. Lastly, the Art
Education was perceived to be lagging behind in terms of the provision of opportunities
for practical knowledge. It has been recommended that the Art Education programme
must: provide more opportunities for practical work, incorporate of modern tools and
equipment including ICT and properly linking what is taught to the world of work.
Description:
A Thesis in the Department of Art Education,
School of Creative
Arts, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Art Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
