Dr. Anthony Akwesi Owusu

Active

Senior Lecturer - ( Senior Member ) Department of Business and Social Sciences Education

Field(s) of Specialization

Curriculum and Teaching

Economics Education

Field(s) of Academic Interest

Curriculum and Instruction

Contemporary Issues in Economics Education

About

Dr. Anthony Akwesi Owusu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Business and Social Sciences Education, University of Cape Coast. He holds a PhD. Degree in Curriculum and Teaching; M.Phil. Degree in Curriculum Studies; and a Bachelor of Education Degree (Psychology) all from the University of Cape Coast. Anthony has extensive working knowledge in Curriculum and Teaching with expertise in Economics Education.

He has extensive publications in both local and international journals with a lot of policy and practice impacts. He has about ten (18) peer-reviewed scientific articles in International Journal of Higher Education and Research; International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review; International Journal of Business Research; Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies, (JETERAPS; International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Literature; International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research; and International Journal of Computing Academic Research, among others.

He has attended several local and international conferences either as a participant or a facilitator and currently serves as Faculty member on Boards in the University. He is also currently a member of the Faculty Thesis vetting Committee who are charged with a responsibility of ensuring that post-graduate students' theses and dissertations comply with the doctrines or guidelines for students outlined by the School of Graduate Studies, University of Cape Coast.

On 27th September 2019, he was the only PhD graduate from his faculty who received the Dean's Excellence Award for Quality Research from the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) at the 52nd Congregation, University of Cape Coast. Just a year later, on the 3rd of November, 2020, he also won a grant award for Individual Research Support Grant which was delivered by the Directorate of Research and Innovation Consultancy of the University of Cape Coast (DRIC, UCC). He is a member of good standing of the University Teachers' Association of Ghana (UTAG). He enjoys reading and jogging during his leisure hours.

Participant at A two-day workshop for faculty members in the College of Education Studies on the National Teachers’ Standards (NTS), National Teacher Education Curriculum Framework (NTEF), the New Pre-tertiary Curriculum Framework (NPCF), and the New Early Grade and Primary Syllabus, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2019-09-01 Participant at Centre for Teaching Support (CTS), UCC 2019 seminar series on ‘teaching adult undergraduate and graduate students (adult learning), and peer coaching (reviewing, teaching and providing Support)’, University of Cape Coast . 2019-05-01 Participant at A two-day workshop on ‘techniques of getting articles published in high impact journals and what to review in the process of reviewing academic publications, University of Cape Coast . 2019-02-01 Participant at A two-day workshop on ‘Enhancing professional development of higher education teaching staff, University of Cape Coast . 2017-03-01 Participant at A three-day workshop on ‘Enhancing professional development of teaching staff: Various andragogical approaches and strategies with ICT’, University of Cape Coast . 2016-05-01 Participant at A day’s seminar on ‘Improving graduate studies and completion rate in the University of Cape Coast’ organised by the School of Graduate Studies (SGS), University of Cape Coast . 2015-11-01 Participant at A day’s workshop on ‘Qualitative data analysis: Practical strategies organised by the College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast . 2015-11-01 Poster Presenter at 3rd Annual universities, entrepreneurship and enterprise development in Africa conference organised by the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Rheinbach Campus, Germany . 2014-11-01 Participant at Think Smart - Go Global: German African cooperation in academia and business, Rheinbach, Germany . 2014-11-01 Participant at Seminar for ‘Advisors/supervisors of graduate research’, University of Cape Coast . 2014-11-01 Participant at Author-AID workshop on ‘Strategies, techniques and tools for communicating research to different audiences’, University of Cape Coast . 2014-07-01 Participant at A 2-day workshop on ‘Issues related to Institutional Review Board (IRB), University of Cape Coast . 2014-05-01 Presenter at The 8th Regional Conference on Higher Education for Innovation and Development, organised by the Higher Education Research and Policy Network (HERPNET), University of Ghana, Ghana . 2013-11-01 Presenter at the 4th Annual International Conference of the Collaboration of Education Faculties in West Africa (CEFWA) 2013, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2013-09-01 Rapporteur at 3rd Joint International Conference between Universities of Coast and Ilorin, Nigeria, University of Cape Coast . 2013-09-01 Co-Presenter at the 3rd Joint International Conference between Universities of Cape Coast and Ilorin, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2013-08-01 Participant at Workshop on ‘Publishing in academic journals: Writing good abstracts for publication’ by Dr. Nick Hopwood (University of Oxford, & University of Technology, Sydney – Australia), University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2013-12-01 Participant at Seminar on ‘Strategies for completing your thesis in time’. A Seminar organised by the School of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . 2011-04-01

Award	Awarding Institution/Organization	Year
Award for Individual Research Support Grant	Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, University of Cape Coast	2020
Group-led Research Support Grant	Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, University of Cape Coast	2020
Dean's Award for Quality Research	School of Graduate Studies, University of Cape Coast	2019

Fellowship	Institution	Year

Professional Body	Position	Year
UCC Alumni Association	National Vice President	2021
University Teachers' Association of Ghana (UTAG)	Member	2017

Title	Position	Duration