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Prof. (Mrs.) Christine Adu-Yeboah

Name: 1st SEDO Conference on Promoting Innovative Educational Practices for Sustainable Development
Start: 2019-01-01
Location: University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Professor · Senior Member

🏛 Pro Vice-Chancellor's Office

★ Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor

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About

Christine Adu-Yeboah is an Associate Professor in Higher Education and Teacher Education. She has a doctorate in Higher Education from the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. She teaches courses in Teacher Education, English Language Education and Academic Writing at the College of Education Studies, University of Cape Coast. She also supervises and examines master’s and doctoral theses in Teacher Education, English Language Education and Higher Education. Her research interest is in Teachers, Teaching and Teacher Education, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Equity, Quality and Access Issues in Education. She has consulted on several research projects including the ‘Teacher Preparation in Africa (TPA)’ project; Systematic Review on ‘The impacts and cost effectiveness of strategies to improve performance of untrained and under-trained teachers in the classroom in developing countries’; ‘Pedagogies for Critical Thinking in Higher Education’ and the ‘Higher education, inequality and the public good’ project. She has about 20 publications in international and local journals.

Focus & expertise

Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it

Access, Participation, Quality and Equity Issues in Education13 Gender Issues in Education Higher Education Participation Teacher Education and Teaching Teachers Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Recent activity

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Keynote lecture Jan 2019

Keynote Speech: 'Improving Pre-Tertiary Education Involving Stakeholders'

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Keynote lecture Jan 2019

Keynote Speech: 'The New Bachelor of Education Programme in Colleges of Education: Prospects and Challenges'

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Conference Jan 2019

1st SEDO Conference on Promoting Innovative Educational Practices for Sustainable Development

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Conference Jun 2018

CEID Annual Conference on Higher Education and International Development

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Keynote lecture Jan 2018

Keynote Speech: 'The Female Teacher: An Agent for National Development'

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Doctor of Education in Higher Education

University of Sussex

2011

Master of Arts in Human Resource Development in Education

Hiroshima University

2002

Diploma in Education

University of Cape Coast

1992

Bachelor of Arts in English/French

University of Cape Coast

1992

★ Career & positions

Director

Institute of Education

Aug, 2020 to Aug, 2022

Dean

School of Educational Development and Outreach

Aug, 2022 to Aug, 2025

Dean

School of Educational Development and Outreach

Aug, 2025 to Aug, 2026

Career progression

Start date unknown

No university appointment date is on record, so this timeline begins at the earliest recorded change.

Institute of Education

Department until 2026

Origin not recorded

Professor

Prof. (Mrs.) · Pro Vice-Chancellor's Office

Present

Engagements

🎤 Keynote lectures

Keynote Speech: 'Improving Pre-Tertiary Education Involving Stakeholders'

40th Anniversary Celebration of Komenda College Basic School, Ghana · 2019-01-01

Keynote Speech: 'The New Bachelor of Education Programme in Colleges of Education: Prospects and Challenges'

11th Annual Congregation of Akrokerri College of Education, Ghana · 2019-01-01

Keynote Speech: 'The Female Teacher: An Agent for National Development'

11th Annual Congregation of St. Theresa College of Education, Ghana · 2018-01-01

Keynote Speech: 'Contributing to Future Teacher Education: The Role of Stakeholders'

11th Annual Congregation of Kibi Presbyterian College of Education, Ghana · 2018-01-01

Keynote Speech: Quality Education: A Pre-Requisite Tool for Accelerated National Development.

3rd Annual SRC Week Celebration, Komenda College of Education, Ghana · 2013-01-01

📅 Conferences attended

2019 1st SEDO Conference on Promoting Innovative Educational Practices for Sustainable Development Local Organising Committee Chairperson; Moderator · University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2018 CEID Annual Conference on Higher Education and International Development Presented a paper on ‘Concepts and Contexts: Reflections on higher education and the public good in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa’. · University College London, UK

2017 UKFIET 14th International Conference on Education and Development on the theme Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development: Curriculum, Cognition and Context, Presented a paper on ‘Who gets to Serve the Public Good: Examining Participation in University and the Disciplines in Ghana’. · University of Oxford, UK

2016 International Conference on Education Research for Development in Africa (ICERDA) Presented a paper on ‘From Untrained to Trained Teacher: Assessing the Impact of the Untrained Teacher Diploma in Basic Education (UTDBE) Programme as Professional Development in Ghana’. · Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana.

2016 Third International Sociology Association Forum on Sociology Presented a joint paper on ‘Gender and Youth Citizenship in Contexts of Postcoloniality: The Marginalisation of Muslim Youth in Ghana’. · Vienna, Austria

2016 NERA 44th Congress on Social Justice, Equality and Solidarity in Education Presented a joint paper on ‘Lessons learned through the Culturally Responsive Education (CRE) network’. · Helsinki, Finland

2015 International Conference on Education for All: Education for Cultural and Social Sustainability Presented a joint paper on ‘Culturally Responsive Education from Washington University to the University of Cape Coast and the University of Helsinki’. · University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

2015 International Conference on Education Research for Development in Africa (ICERDA) Presented a paper on ‘Issues and challenges in teacher practicum in colleges of education in Ghana’. · ISSER Conference Hall, University of Ghana, Legon.

2012 Conference of Education Faculties in West Africa Local Organising Committee Member; Participant. · University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2012 56th World Assembly of the International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) Presented a paper on ‘Early grade pupils’ inability to read: An outcome of the initial teacher education programme in Ghana?’ · University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

2011 Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 55th Annual Conference Presented a paper on ‘Inside the black box of learning to teach primary English and Maths in Kenya and Ghana’. · Montreal, Canada.

2009 International Conference on ‘Educational Access to Basic Education' Presented a paper on ‘Mapping the incidence of school dropouts: A case study of communities in northern Ghana’. · University of Cape Coast, Ghana