Processes Deployed in Construction of Ghanaian Traditional Costumes in the Technical Universities in Ghana
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2023-10
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Even though multiple studies have been done on
traditional costumes in most developed countries over the years,
only a few of such studies have been done in the context of
Ghanaian Traditional Costumes. Specifically, not a single study
is found on construction of GTCs in Ghana and the need of
emphasis of GTCs over western costumes as part of the Fashion
Design and Technology programme (FDP) in Technical
Universities in Ghana. This study sought to investigate the
processes employed in construction of GTCs in fashion design
and technology programme in the TUs. It adopted convergent
mixed method design through which qualitative and
quantitative data was collected from students, lecturers and
HoD affiliated to six out of the ten TUs in Ghana: Accra,
Kumasi, Sunyani, Cope Coast, Tamale and Ho. Target
population was 1265 comprising head of departments (HoDs),
lecturers and students. Simple random sampling was used to
select six universities from the ten TUs. Purposive sampling was
used in sampling 24 lecturers of fashion design including HoDs,
and Proportion sampling was used to sample 306 FDSs. Total
sample size was 330. A combination of descriptive statistics and
multiple regression analysis was used to interrogate
relationships between processes employed by lecturers and
construction of GTCs. The results showed that the lecturers
employed R-T-W production processes in teaching construction
of Ghanaian traditional costumes. However, there were
numerous challenges in the efforts to promote construction of
the GTCs. Therefore, the study concluded that addressing the
challenges can enable more constructions of the GTCs by the
students during and after graduation from Fashion Design and
Technology programme.
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Dzitse, C. E., & Mbugua, G. Processes Deployed in Construction of Ghanaian Traditional Costumes in the Technical Universities in Ghana.