Genre Analysis Of Mission Statements Of Colleges Of Education In Ghana

Abstract

Abstract: This work investigates the generic pattern of mission statements of colleges of education in Ghana. Data for the research comprises 20 mission statements of colleges of education which were collected from the sites of the colleges. The data is analysed using both qualitative and quantitative methods. It is revealed from the analysis that three core moves namely declaration of aspiration, declaration of purpose and declaration of methods were used. The textual spaces of the data, measured in words, reveal a total of 500 words, out of which move one constitutes 27% of the total textual space, move 2 takes 63.4% of the total number of words, while move 3 has 9% of the total number of words. The data also reveals the use of lexico-grammatical features in the moves. Move 1 makes use of simple sentences (subject-predicate structures), having principally noun phrases as subjects. Move 2 makes use of sentences and complex phrases, while move 3 uses prepositional phrases. Keywords: Colleges of Education; Genre; Vision; Ghana