Joyce Esi Tawiah-Mensah is a senior lecturer at the Department of Basic Education. University of Cape Coast (UCC), Cape Coast. She obtained her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction in Early Childhood Education with cognate in Literacy; and a Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation from University of South Florida, USA. She holds M. Phil. in Applied Linguistics and B.Ed. in Ghanaian Language from University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. Dr. Tawiah-Mensah is currently the Acting Head of Department of Department of Basic Education, University of Cape Coast and a Course Coordinator mentoring Early Childhood Education (ECE) Course Lecturers as well as those in the field of Ghanaian Language at the UCC affiliated Colleges of Education in Ghana.
Dr. Tawiah-Mensah has expertise in ECE, language and literacy pedagogies, play-based instructional approaches, integration of indigenous knowledge system (IKS) into foundational learning, curriculum design and implementation as well as programme evaluation. Her research interest centres on issues relating to early childhood education, teacher preparation, play-based and culturally responsive pedagogies that promote foundational skills in language and literacy acquisition, gender issues and multivocal studies involving learners, parents and teachers. She has attended local and international conferences where she has presented papers on issues relating to early childhood education. Dr. Tawiah-Mensah currently serves as the chief examiner for courses in ECE curriculum studies as well as gender studies in the University of Cape Coast and has also co-authored modules on the respective courses. She has also engaged in an international research project and co-authored articles that projected the voices of vulnerable learners.
Dr. Tawiah-Mensah organizes and facilitates workshops on Instructional Strategies for ECE and language tutors in Colleges of Education as well as teachers in Basic schools. She facilitates workshops on the implementation of Creative Pedagogies for School Improvement Support Officers (SISOs), Basic school headteachers and teachers. She has also evaluated programmes for some organizations in the USA with colleagues.
