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Rev. Fr. Dr. Raymond Chegedua Tangonyire
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Rev. Fr. Dr. Raymond Chegedua Tangonyire

Lecturer - ( Senior Member ) Institute for Educational Planning and Administration
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Field(s) of Specialization
Educational Leadership
Gender and Leadership in Secondary Schools
Leadership Development
Leadership Development in Basic Schools
Qualitative Research
Field(s) of Academic Interest
Critical Thinking
Leadership and Professional Development
Leadership for Learning
Teacher Professional Development
Visual Communication
About

  Fr Raymond Chegedua Tangonyire, SJ (PhD Cantab) is a Catholic Priest and belongs to the Society of Jesus popularly known as the Jesuits. He is a Cambridge Commonwealth European International scholar and holds an MPhil and PhD degrees in Educational Leadership and School Improvement from the University of Cambridge, England. Fr Ray also holds a BA in Theology from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; a BPhil in Philosophy from the Gregorian University, Rome, Italy; a BSc Agriculture from the University of Cape Coast, and a Diploma in Tourism and Travel Agency Management from Cambridge Tutorial College, England. 

Fr. Ray currently lectures postgraduate students in a variety of areas, including Educational Leadership and Educational Research Methods at the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration, a UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana. Prior to his current role, Fr. Ray began his post-university profession as a banker but later turned to education where he worked in various capacities as a leader, teacher and consultant in pre-tertiary and tertiary educational institutions across Africa. He was the director of Admissions at St Francis Catholic Secondary School in Lagos, Nigeria. He  taught integrated science, biology and agriculture in pre-tertiary institutions in Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya and Ethiopia. Fr Ray has proclivity for researching critical friendship as tool for school improvement, the natural interconnectedness between leadership and learning, visual leadership and how visual art creation and criticism promote holistic foundational learning and development of authentic leadership among learners

Ray’s teaching philosophy is anchored on the belief that leadership, teaching and learning constitute the pillars of education, and they are by nature interconnected comfortable bedfellows. Ultimately, they must result in the growth and development of students (men and women) who are competent, conscientious, committed and of service to the common good. This implies that leaders must learn to lead and lead to learn; teachers must learn to teach and lead and teach to learn; and students must learn to teach and lead, and lead to teach and learn. In other words, leadership, teaching and learning benefit the holistic formation of students when they are embraced and practised as both individual and collaborative activities.

Degrees
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership

    University of Cambridge 2018
  • Master of Philosophy in Educational Leadership

    University of Cambridge 2014
  • Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

    University of Cape Coast 2000
  • Presented a paper

    July, 2024

    XVIII World Congress of Comparative Education Societies Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA: .

  • Presented a paper

    July, 2024

    British Educational Leadership, Management Administration Society (BELMAS) Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

  • Presented a paper

    June, 2024

    IEPA and VVOB-ACSL Experience Sharing Workshop Alisa Hotels, Accra, Ghana.

  • Presented a paper as well as a Session Moderator

    February, 2024

    9th Association of West Africa Universities (AWAU) Conference School of Graduate Studies University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

  • Presented a paper

    January, 2024

    Leadership for Learning Workshop Loyola College of Education, Chennai, India.

  • Presented a paper

    August, 2023

    Pan-African Literacy For All (PALFA) Conference University of Nairobi Towers, Nairobi, Kenya.

  • Co-facilitator and discussant

    January, 2023

    Research in Systems Education (RISE) inter-university collaborative workshop Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.

  • Presented a paper

    October, 2022

    Leadership for Professional Learning (LfPL) Symposium Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.

  • Presented a paper

    July, 2020

    British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) Conference De Vere Horwood Estate, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.

  • Presented a paper and a session chair

    July, 2018

    British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society Windsor, UK.

  • Facilitator

    September, 2024

    Contemporary Issues in Fisheries Management. Fisheries Leadership Short course for Practitioners funded by USAID/Fisheries Recovery Activity Ghana.

  • Presenter

    October, 2024

    International and Regional Fisheries Institutional Frameworks and Bodies. Workshop on Destabilising Impacts of Distant Water Fishing Vessels (DWFV) in the Gulf of Guinea Yaounde, Cameroon.

  • Guest Speaker

    October, 2024

    “Promoting Research Excellence for Impact on Marine Conservation in Africa”, Institute for Oceans and Fisheries Online Seminar Series University of British Columbia, Canada.

  • Co-Facilitator

    October, 2021

    “Grants Proposal Writing Workshop” University for Development Studies.

  • Presenter

    November, 2024

    “Performance of the Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience”, Country Round Table Workshop Association of African Universities (AAU), Online.

  • Facilitator

    November, 2024

    “Regional Political Parties Dialogue on Fisheries: Protecting Our Fish, Securing Our Future, Live Engagement on JoyNews TV Centre for National Culture, Cape Coast.

  • Presenter

    November, 2023

    Professorial Inaugural Lecture on the topic “Our Oceans: Securing Our Common Future through Transformative Research” Medical School Auditorium, University of Cape Coast.

  • Presenter

    March, 2024

    Africa’s Plastic Revolution: Advancing Global Solutions for Healthy Oceans, T.D. Walter Bean Professorship Public Lecture University of Waterloo, Canada.

  • Presenter

    June, 2024

    Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy. National Consultative Workshop for the Formulation of a National Blue Economy Strategy for Angola Luanda, Angola.

  • Panelist

    June, 2024

    Regional Steering Committee Workshop for the World Bank West African Coastal Resilience Investment Projects (WACA ReSiP and ReiP2) Banjul, Gambia.

  • Facilitator

    July-August, 2012

    Coastal Adaptation to Climate Change. Short-term Training Course funded by USAID Ghana.

  • Co-Discussant

    July, 2023

    “Expanding the Impact of Blue Economy in Africa” (with Professor Rashid Sumaila) World Bank Headquarters, Washington.

  • Facilitator

    February, 2022

    Workshop on “Winning Research and Development Grants in a Competitive World” Bolgatanga Technical University, Ghana.

  • Facilitator

    February, 2019

    Workshop on “Proposal and Grants writing” University of Ghana, Ghana.

  • Speaker

    August, 2024

    Study Tour on Sustainable Fisheries Management & Leadership University of Rhode Island, United States.

  • Presenter

    August, 2023

    Vulnerability to Viability (V2V) Ghana Case Study. Bootcamp on moving fisheries from Vulnerability to Viability Puri, Delhi, India.

  • Guest Speaker

    April, 2024

    Workshop Presentation on “Expanding the Impact of Research on Africa’s Blue Economy in Africa Hohai University, China.

  • Participant

    2021

    6th ACE Impact Regional Workshop of the World Bank and the Association of African Universities Accra (Online).

  • Panelist

    2014

    Seaweed (Sargassum) Invasion on the Ghanaian Coasts, Implications for the National Economy and Management Live TV Broadcast, GTV.

  • Guest Speaker

    2010

    “West African Fisheries”, Workshop by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda.

  • Teachers as Leaders

    SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram campus, Chennai, India.

  • Educational Leadership in the 21st Century

    Loyola College of Education, Chennai, India.

    1. 2015

      Cambridge Commonwealth European International Scholarship Award

      Cambridge Trust

    1. 2015

      Cambridge Commonwealth European International Scholarship Award

      Cambridge Trust

    1. Principal Investigator

      June 2024 - Present

      Teaching and Learning in Fragile Contexts Project

    1. 2024-2025

      Team member, Contract for services to deliver a short course on Marine Litter under the OCPP

      Cefas/UKAID

    2. 2024

      Panel Chair, Reviewed Environmental Impact Statement of PECAN Energies for Offshore Exploration of Oil & Gas

      Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Ghana, Secondi/Takoradi

    3. 2023-2024

      Team member, Contract for development of a short course on Marine Litter for the West Africa Region

      Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID

    4. 2023-2024

      Team member, Contract services to conduct data collection surveys on abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in Ghana

      Ocean Country Partnership Program (OCPP) funded by Cefas/UKAID

    5. 2023

      Lead Consultant, Contract for the Development of Fishery Courses Syllabi for Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (DoFAS), University of Liberia

      IDA-V3100

    6. 2023

      Panel Chair, Evaluation of Applications for recruitment of Environmental, Social Safeguards Officers for Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI)

      World Bank funded West Africa Coastal Areas Management Programme

    7. 2022-2023

      Lead Consultant, Consultancy to review and align national fisheries and aquaculture polices and laws with the PFRS, regional instruments and global best practices for 15 AU Member States

      African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

    8. 2022-2023

      Lead Consultant, Mechanisms to Facilitate the Domestication of Global Instruments and Initiatives (2022)

      African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

    9. 2022-2023

      Lead Consultant, Identification of Issues for SIDS, Development of Draft Strategic Positions for SIDS

      African Union – InterAfrican Bureau of Animal Resources (AU-IBAR)

    10. 2022

      Team member, Environmental Systems Analysis of the Avu Lagoon Protected area

      Calgary Zoo Foundation

    11. 2021

      Trainer, Conduct Marine Spatial Planning Workshop in Ghana

      University of Liverpool

    12. 2021

      Team member, Pre-feasibility study for nature-based intervention for Anlo Beach community in Ghana

      Valued at US$32,365.00

    13. 2021

      Team member, Marine Plastic Pollution Study in Liberia

      Conservation International

    14. 2021

      Team member, Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience in a Changing Climate - WACA -VAR Workshop

      World Bank

    15. 2020-2021

      Consultant, Support Development of Multi-sector Resilience Investment Programme for the West Africa Coastal Area Management Program

      World Bank

    16. 2020-2021

      Consultant, Issues and Opportunities in the Ghanaian Fishery Sector: Addressing the context, prospects and challenges

      Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), United Kingdom

    17. 2020

      Consultant, Estimations on renewable energy investments in Ghana

      Highland Star Group (HSG) of Companies, Geneva, Switzerland

    18. 2019-2020

      Team Member, Regional Mapping of Experts and Institutions in Coastal management

      World Bank

    19. 2017

      Lead Consultant, Review of the Fisheries Act 2002 (act 625) and the Development of Draft Regulations for the conduct of Fisheries Impact Assessments

      Ghana Industrial Trawlers Association (GITA) and GOGIG funded by DFID/UK

    20. 2013

      Team member, Environmental baseline survey of water bodies in the Great Consolidated Diamond Ghana Limited (GCDGL) mining concession

      AERC Ltd.

    21. 2012

      Team member, Scoping Study on the Dredging of the Whin Estuary in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis

      UCC Consultancy Unit/Consolidated Energy Ltd.

    22. 2011

      Team member, Social Ecology of Anlo Beach Wetland of Ghana

      Friends of the Nation/IUCN/French Global Environment Facility (GEF)

    23. 2010

      Principal Investigator, Biodiversity Assessment of Urban Wetlands in the Western Region, Ghana with focus on Essei and Butuah Lagoons and the Whin River Estuary

      USAID through Friends of the Nation

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