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Ernest Opoku is a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He holds PhDs in Teacher Education and Economics Education. His research focuses on how teacher identity influences professional development and learning outcomes, particularly within the context of economics education. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and is actively engaged in research on curriculum development and teacher professional learning in Ghana. His current work explores innovative approaches to strengthening economic citizenship education in senior high schools.

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Background

Career & positions

Academic Advisor

Institute of Education

Aug, 2025 to May, 2026

Career progression

Start date unknown

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

Institutional Advancement Office

Department until 2024

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Dr. · Institute of Education

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Publications 34 works

ORCID 0000-0003-2541-8369 →

2026

Exploring Artificial Intelligence Anxiety Among Basic School Teachers in Ghana

Francis Arthur, Eric Boateng, Ernest Opoku, Francis Obeng Gyedu et al.

SAGE Open · Article · 1 citation · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

Predictors of continuous use intention of information communication technology among economics teachers in Ghana: a multi-analytical approach

Bernard Yaw Sekyi Acquah, Francis Arthur, Peter Anti Partey, Emmanuel Quayson et al.

SN Social Sciences · Article · 1 citation · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

Where There Is Will, There Is AI : Linking Expectancy‐Value Beliefs, Generative AI Use and Self‐Regulated Learning Among Economics Students

Francis Arthur, Ernest Opoku, Christian Inkoom, Sheriff Dangimah Suradji et al.

European Journal of Education · Article · 1 citation · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

Psychological Capital, Subjective Well‐Being and Professional Commitment Among Teachers: A Behavioural Mediation Model

Sharon Abam Nortey, Francis Arthur, Iddrisu Salifu, Ernest Opoku et al.

MultiPsych · Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

2025

Modelling economics students’ use of ChatGPT and academic performance: insights from self-determination theory and epistemic curiosity

Bernard Yaw Sekyi Acquah, Francis Arthur, Iddrisu Salifu, Enoch Mensah et al.

Discover Artificial Intelligence · Article · 15 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

Exploring graduate students’ use of generative artificial intelligence in Ghana: insights from an extended UTAUT2 model, PLS-SEM, IPMA and fsQCA

Iddrisu Salifu, Francis Arthur, Bernard Yaw Sekyi Acquah, Ernest Opoku et al.

Discover Education · Article · 12 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

Profiling students’ multiple intelligences approach in the learning of economics in a Ghanaian University

Ernest Opoku, Dominic Owusu, Francis Arthur, Iddrisu Salifu et al.

Discover Education · Article · 4 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

Digital citizenship among economics students: the synergy of internet political activism, technical skills, critical perspective and networking agency

Ernest Opoku, Emmanuel Quayson, Francis Arthur, Iddrisu Salifu et al.

Discover Education · Article · 2 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

Gender disparities in digital citizenship: Insights from economics students in higher education

Iddrisu Salifu, Francis Arthur, Ernest Opoku, Emmanuel Quayson et al.

Social Sciences & Humanities Open · Article · 1 citation · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

2024

Understanding Pre-Service Teachers’ Identity Formation During Practicum: A Survey Study in Ghana

Ernest Opoku, Guoyuan Sang, Christiana Dzirasah, Francis Adams

Africa Education Review · Article · 2 citations · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

Examining the Quality of Learning Environment of Sandwich Programmes in Ghana: A Case of Institute of Education

Ernest Opoku, Dacoster Kwaku Boakye, Christina Dzirasah, Alexander Opoku-Danso

African Journal of Empirical Research · Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

Factors Responsible for Pupils’ Low Academic Performance in Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District, Ghana

Ernest Opoku, Emmanuel Manu Agyapong, Christiana Dzirasah

EAST AFRICAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES · Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

2023

Examining the level of public awareness on the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa: An empirical evidence from Ghana

Daniel Odoom, Eric Opoku Mensah, Christopher Dick-Sagoe, Ka Yiu Lee et al.

Environment Development and Sustainability · Article · 35 citations · Source: OpenAlex

The Correlates of Financial Dollarization in Ghana

Kennedy Acheampong, Ernest Opoku, Edi Suryadi, Theodore Oduro -Okyireh

Jurnal Ilmu Keuangan dan Perbankan (JIKA) · Article · 2 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Pre-Service Teachers' Perceptions of Identity Formation in Ghana

Ernest Opoku

African Journal of Empirical Research · Article · Source: OpenAlex + ORCID

2022

Students' Career Aspirations and Pedagogical Experiences in Ghanaian Universities

Christine Adu‐Yeboah, Christopher Yaw Kwaah, Roger Abogzuah Ayinselya, Ernest Opoku

Journal of Educational Development and Practice · Article · Source: OpenAlex

2021

Challenges associated with the delivery of development projects within the decentralised government system: views of selected stakeholders in the Shama District, Ghana

Daniel Odoom, Lawrencia Agyepong, Francis Mensah, Ernest Opoku et al.

Journal of Development and Communication Studies · Article · 8 citations · Source: OpenAlex

2020

Rifampicin and clarithromycin (extended release) versus rifampicin and streptomycin for limited Buruli ulcer lesions: a randomised, open-label, non-inferiority phase 3 trial

Richard Odame Phillips, J. Robert, Kabiru Mohamed Abass, William A. Thompson et al.

The Lancet · Article · 113 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Comparative Review of Educational Reforms, Policies, and Systems: A case of China and Ghana

Eric Atta Quainoo, Frank Quansah, Francis Adams, Ernest Opoku

Article · 12 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Examining teacher preparation and on-the-job experience: The gap of theory and practice

Ernest Opoku, Guoyuan Sang, Wei Liao

International Journal of Research Studies in Education · Article · 7 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Ballot Paper Wastage in Elections in Ghana: Reflections of Electoral Commission Officers and Voters in the Jaman South District

Daniel Odoom, Ernest Opoku, Edward Gyamfi

International Journal of Technology and Management Research · Article · Source: OpenAlex

2018

Sustaining Development Projects within the Local Government System in Ghana: Exploring the Views of Local Authorities and Other Stakeholders in Shama District

Daniel Odoom, Francis Mensah, Ernest Opoku, Yaw Owusu Amoabeng

International Journal of Innovative Research and Development · Article · 3 citations · Source: OpenAlex

2015

Hepatitis E virus infection and acute‐on‐chronic liver failure in West Africa: a case–control study from The Gambia

Yusuke Shimakawa, Harr-Freeya Njai, Kazuaki Takahashi, Lauren Berg et al.

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics · Article · 22 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Treatment with Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy and Deworming on Anaemia, Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Sustained Attention and Recall among Primary Schoolchildren in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana

Ernest Opoku

Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) · Other · Source: OpenAlex

2014

Evidence‐based training and mentorship combined with enhanced outcomes surveillance to address the leading causes of neonatal mortality at the district hospital level in G hana

Mary N. A. Brantuo, Elizabeth Cristofalo, Mira Meheš, Juliana Ameh et al.

Tropical Medicine & International Health · Article · 15 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Disentangling malaria anaemia

Kathrin Schuldt, Jennifer Evans, Julia Lenzen, Christa Ehmen et al.

Malaria Journal · Article · 9 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Human Resource Capacity Needs at the District Assemblies: A Study at Assin South District Assembly in Ghana

Daniel Odoom, Christian Kyeremeh, Ernest Opoku

Journal of Sustainable Development · Article · 8 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Local Revenue Mobilization Mechanisms: Evidence from the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District in Ghana

Ernest Opoku, Christian Kyeremeh, Daniel Odoom

Developing Country Studies · Article · 8 citations · Source: OpenAlex

2012

Using community health workers in community-based growth promotion: what stakeholders think

Patience A. Afulani, John Koku Awoonor‐Williams, Ernest Opoku, Joseph Asunka

Health Education Research · Article · 7 citations · Source: OpenAlex

2007

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Extended Intermittent Preventive Antimalarial Treatment in Infants

Robin Kobbe, Christina Kreuzberg, Samuel Adjei, Bruce Thompson et al.

Clinical Infectious Diseases · Article · 113 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis of Malaria Infection Intensity and Mild Disease

Christian Timmann, Jennifer A. Evans, Inke R. König, André Kleensang et al.

PLoS Genetics · Article · 94 citations · Source: OpenAlex

Malaria incidence and efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi)

Robin Kobbe, Samuel Adjei, Christina Kreuzberg, Benno Kreuels et al.

Malaria Journal · Article · 20 citations · Source: OpenAlex

2005

The determinants of teenage pregnancy in the Sekyere East District of Ashanti, Ghana: a case-control study

Ernest Opoku

Dissertation · Source: OpenAlex

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