Christopher Yaw Kwaah holds a PhD in Curriculum and Teaching, a Research Fellow, and a Coordinator of the Educational Research Unit of the Institute of Education in College of Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. His research interest is in Teacher Education, Teachers, Access and Equity Issues, ICT and Higher Education. Dr. Kwaah has been part of a number of local and international research projects. Notably among them are ‘Pedagogies for Critical Thinking among African Higher Education Institutions’ funded by DFID and ESRC, ‘Improving Quality Basic Education: Importance of a Teacher-Student Classroom Interaction Measuring Tool” funded New York University and “Exposure to Domestic Violence and Early Childhood Development in Ghana” funded by UNICEF.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Curriculum and Teaching

University of Cape Coast

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Curriculum Studies

University of Cape Coast

Postgraduate Diploma (PgD, PgDip, PGDip, PG Dip., PGD, Dipl. PG, PDE) in Education

University of Cape Coast

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics/Geography

University of Cape Coast

General Assembly on Research Agenda for Phase V of the Africa-Asia University Dialogue for Educational Development Network at Participant, Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima , Japan . 2019-06-01 Presented a paper on ‘Learning to think critically: Do University Faculties make a difference?’ at Comparative and International Education Society 63rd Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, USA . 2019-04-01 Participant at Data Analysis Workshop for Researchers of Pedagogies for Critical Thinking in African Universities Projec, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya. . 2019-07-01 Facilitator at Workshop on Action Research for Tutors in SDA College of Education, Koforidua and Kibi, Ghana. . 2018-05-01 Presented a paper on ‘Teaching practices of untrained, newly qualified and experienced trained teachers in Ghanaian basic schools’. at World Education Research Association (WERA) Focal Meeting and Hong Kong Education Research Association (HKERA) International Conference, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong . 2017-12-01 Presented a paper on ‘Critical thinking in African higher education: What role for pedagogy?’ at UKFIET 14th International Conference on Education and Development under the theme: Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development: Curriculum, Cognition and Context, University of Oxford, UK . 2017-09-01