Abstract:
The skipping of breakfast among the adult youth, especially students in senior high
schools colleges of education is a global issue that requires full attention of
stakeholders in education to address it. In this study the Theory of Planned Behaviour
was explored as an acclaimed model to analyze student-teachers’ attitude towards
breakfast consumption in the Al-Faruq College of Education in Wenchi, the Bono
region of Ghana to ascertain the causes of this phenomenon and propose suitable
interventions to address this problem. The mixed approach method was employed
describe student-teacher’s general disposition about the patronage of breakfast meals
served in the College’s dining hall and the causes of non-consumption of the
aforementioned meals among the study target group. The researcher used 715 studentteachers
at the various academic levels as the population. To give credence to the
study, the researcher used the randomized stratification sampling method to select a
sample size of 359 respondents, which represented 50.2% of the population. A survey
questionnaire was and two interview guides were used to elicit responses from the
respondents. The study established that skipping of breakfast is a common place in the
Al-Faruq College of Education and as a result has led to 20% to 30% student-teachers
developing negative attitudes toward breakfast meals served in the dining hall of the
Al-Faruq College of Education. The study found that late serving of breakfast, low
quantity and poor quality of the breakfast served among others were the causes of
non-patronage of breakfast meals because they were not of high quality. The study,
therefore, recommended that dining hall and meals orientation of student-teachers
should be organized, strict enforcement of dining hall rules and regulation, and the
keeping of the dining hall clean to attract student-teachers.
Description:
A Thesis in the Department of HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM EDUCATION, Faculty of VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, submitted to the school of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Master of Philosophy (CATERING AND HOSPITALITY) degree
OCTOBER, 2021