GLOBAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Published 30 Nov 2019 •  vol 132  • 


Authors:

 

Forgive Kwadamah, College of Distance Education, Zenith University College Centre, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Francis Pol C. Lim, SMC University, Bahnhofstrasse 20, 6300 Zug, Switzerland
Ebenezer Dzinpa Effisah, College of Distance Education, Papafio Hills, University of Cape Coat, Ghana
Siddique Abdul-Samad, Human Resource Directorate, University of Professional Studies, Ghana

Abstract:

 

This paper reviews significant issues concerning the evolution of global education, research and technology for sustainable development. The paper recognises the strides education has made in terms of socio-economic development, politics, communication and globalisation. The paper also touches on the idealness of global education and its various dimensions. This paper acknowledges that a synergy between technology and education can break the chain of poverty worldwide and engender empowerment. This paper brilliantly outlines the manner in which contemporary technology is gradually rendering the traditional classroom extinct in favour of virtual classroom. The paper finally recommends that all educational authorities, across the globe, embrace educational technology for prompt and effective impartation of knowledge for sustainable socio-economic development.

Keywords:

 

Global education, research, technology, socio-economic development, sustainable development

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Citations:

 

APA:
Kwadamah, F., Lim, F. P. C., Effisah, E. D., & Abdul-Samad, S. (2019). Global Education, Research and Technology for Sustainable Development, International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology (IJAST), ISSN: 2005-4238(Print); 2207-6360 (Online), NADIA, 132, 19-24. doi: 10.33832/ijast.2019.132.03.

MLA:
Kwadamah, Forgive, et al. “Global Education, Research and Technology for Sustainable Development.” International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, ISSN: 2005-4238(Print); 2207-6360 (Online), NADIA, vol. 132, 2019, pp. 19-24. IJAST, http://article.nadiapub.com/IJAST/Vol132/3.html.

IEEE:
[1] F. Kwadamah, F. P. C. Lim, E. D. Effisah, and S. Abdul-Samad, “Global Education, Research and Technology for Sustainable Development.” International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology (IJAST), ISSN: 2005-4238(Print); 2207-6360 (Online), NADIA, vol. 132, pp. 19-24, Nov 2019.