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.
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Director
Institute of Education
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Local Organising Committee Chairperson; Moderator
1st SEDO Conference on Promoting Innovative Educational Practices for Sustainable Development University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
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Presented a paper on ‘Concepts and Contexts: Reflections on higher education and the public good in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa’.
CEID Annual Conference on Higher Education and International Development University College London, UK.
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Presented a paper on ‘Who gets to Serve the Public Good: Examining Participation in University and the Disciplines in Ghana’.
UKFIET 14th International Conference on Education and Development on the theme Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development: Curriculum, Cognition and Context, University of Oxford, UK.
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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’.
International Conference on Education Research for Development in Africa (ICERDA) Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana..
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Presented a joint paper on ‘Gender and Youth Citizenship in Contexts of Postcoloniality: The Marginalisation of Muslim Youth in Ghana’.
Third International Sociology Association Forum on Sociology Vienna, Austria.
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Presented a joint paper on ‘Lessons learned through the Culturally Responsive Education (CRE) network’.
NERA 44th Congress on Social Justice, Equality and Solidarity in Education Helsinki, Finland.
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Presented a joint paper on ‘Culturally Responsive Education from Washington University to the University of Cape Coast and the University of Helsinki’.
International Conference on Education for All: Education for Cultural and Social Sustainability University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
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Presented a paper on ‘Issues and challenges in teacher practicum in colleges of education in Ghana’.
International Conference on Education Research for Development in Africa (ICERDA) ISSER Conference Hall, University of Ghana, Legon..
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Local Organising Committee Member; Participant.
Conference of Education Faculties in West Africa University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
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Presented a paper on ‘Early grade pupils’ inability to read: An outcome of the initial teacher education programme in Ghana?’
56th World Assembly of the International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) University of Cape Coast, Ghana..
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Presented a paper on ‘Inside the black box of learning to teach primary English and Maths in Kenya and Ghana’.
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 55th Annual Conference Montreal, Canada..
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Presented a paper on ‘Mapping the incidence of school dropouts: A case study of communities in northern Ghana’.
International Conference on ‘Educational Access to Basic Education' University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
Keynote Speech: 'Improving Pre-Tertiary Education Involving Stakeholders'
40th Anniversary Celebration of Komenda College Basic School, Ghana.
Keynote Speech: 'The New Bachelor of Education Programme in Colleges of Education: Prospects and Challenges'
11th Annual Congregation of Akrokerri College of Education, Ghana.
Keynote Speech: 'The Female Teacher: An Agent for National Development'
11th Annual Congregation of St. Theresa College of Education, Ghana.
Keynote Speech: 'Contributing to Future Teacher Education: The Role of Stakeholders'
11th Annual Congregation of Kibi Presbyterian College of Education, Ghana.
Keynote Speech: Quality Education: A Pre-Requisite Tool for Accelerated National Development.
3rd Annual SRC Week Celebration, Komenda College of Education, Ghana.