Gideon Boadu
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 160441 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Gideon Boadu |
| NOMBRES | Gideon |
| APELLIDO | Boadu |
| FIRMA | BOADU G |
| AFILIACIONES | RMIT University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3212-1096 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Critical Forest Studies
Critical Forest Studies is a rapidly growing field that takes multispecies relationships with/in forests as the starting point for critical and creative inquiry. Shaped by the contested political ecologies that emerge where different forest cosmologies, languages, histories, and ecologies meet, the field builds on related developments in the environmental humanities which explore multispecies relations through artistic, historical, philosophical,…
Discourses of historical and democratic consciousness in Ghanaian curriculum documents
This study examines the intersections of historical and democratic consciousness in Ghana's pre-tertiary curriculum framework and primary school history curriculum. The study adopts a critical discourse analysis approach drawing on the work of Wodak to analyse the curriculum documents. Findings show that democratic and historical consciousness is strongly expressed through key concepts such as citizenship and community, and through democratic val…
Navigating the Counter-Historical Turn
This article navigates a counter-historical turn in postfoundational qualitative research. Re-reading the philosophy of history through radical black, Indigenous, and decolonial traditions, the article premises the counter-historical turn on a cosmologica pluralization and deformalization of historical experience. The authors elaborate the contours of the counter-historical turn in relation to recent projects with young people on unceded Indigeno…
Resilience and wellbeing within schools
History Education in Africa
Public History in Digital Spaces
The Transatlantic Slave Trade was one of the cruelest events in human history, with its effects spanning several centuries. Slave monuments are visible representations of the memory of the slave trade and avenues for public discourse about the event and its impacts. This study draws on YouTube videos commemorating the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Ghana, examining not only the content of the videos but also the comments that YouTube users made on …
Why was inquiry practice not there? Analysis of demand-resource empirics of classroom pedagogy
A growing body of research has underscored the importance of inquiry-based methods in history teaching, yet the organisational and cultural contexts within which teachers work and how these impact teachers’ practices have received little attention. This article employs the job demands-resources theory to examine factors that inform the classroom methods of secondary history teachers in Ghana. A qualitative approach involving in-depth interviews a…
DNA Testing and Identities in Family History Research
In the preceding decades, rapid technological advancements and increasing democratisation of historical records have been coupled with scientific data from DNA testing, which has revolutionised the family history industry. Going beyond the traditional archives and databases, DNA profiles present nuanced confirmations, puzzles, and contradictions generated through this biological lens. Family history researchers seek iterative engagements with the…
History and Public History in Ghana
Giving voice to teachers through interpretative phenomenological research
Purpose This conceptual article aims to examine the application of interpretative phenomenology to research on teacher experience. It covers methodological theory and practical interpretative approaches that are pertinent for generating useful insights into an educational issue. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on an illustrative research on secondary teachers' disciplinary and pedagogical reasoning and classroom practices in Ghana, this artic…
Toward Historical Understanding
History teaching and learning make intellectual demands on both teachers and students, requiring them to travel back in time and engage with complex issues and distant lifestyles. History education research advocates the use of approaches that portray History as an intellectually engaging subject but the application of cognitive research to History has not received much attention in recent times. This article focuses on the role of cognitive psyc…
Change and continuity in Ghana's intellectual history
This article explores intellectual growth and development in Gold Coast/Ghana from the late 19th century through the period of decolonisation to the emergence of the country as a post-independence state. It begins with a brief description of some of the key texts written within each of the three periods. Then with focus on three key intellectual historians, Carl Christian Reindorf, Kobina Sekyi, and Kwame Nkrumah, it examines the changes and cont…
Change and continuity in Ghana's intellectual history
This article explores intellectual growth and development in Gold Coast/Ghana from the late 19th century through the period of decolonisation to the emergence of the country as a post-independence state. It begins with a brief description of some of the key texts written within each of the three periods. Then with focus on three key intellectual historians, Carl Christian Reindorf, Kobina Sekyi, and Kwame Nkrumah, it examines the changes and cont…
Resilience and wellbeing within schools
DNA Testing and Identities in Family History Research
In the preceding decades, rapid technological advancements and increasing democratisation of historical records have been coupled with scientific data from DNA testing, which has revolutionised the family history industry. Going beyond the traditional archives and databases, DNA profiles present nuanced confirmations, puzzles, and contradictions generated through this biological lens. Family history researchers seek iterative engagements with the…
Toward Historical Understanding
History teaching and learning make intellectual demands on both teachers and students, requiring them to travel back in time and engage with complex issues and distant lifestyles. History education research advocates the use of approaches that portray History as an intellectually engaging subject but the application of cognitive research to History has not received much attention in recent times. This article focuses on the role of cognitive psyc…
Change and continuity in Ghana's intellectual history
This article explores intellectual growth and development in Gold Coast/Ghana from the late 19th century through the period of decolonisation to the emergence of the country as a post-independence state. It begins with a brief description of some of the key texts written within each of the three periods. Then with focus on three key intellectual historians, Carl Christian Reindorf, Kobina Sekyi, and Kwame Nkrumah, it examines the changes and cont…
History and Public History in Ghana
Giving voice to teachers through interpretative phenomenological research
Purpose This conceptual article aims to examine the application of interpretative phenomenology to research on teacher experience. It covers methodological theory and practical interpretative approaches that are pertinent for generating useful insights into an educational issue. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on an illustrative research on secondary teachers' disciplinary and pedagogical reasoning and classroom practices in Ghana, this artic…
History Education in Africa
Public History in Digital Spaces
The Transatlantic Slave Trade was one of the cruelest events in human history, with its effects spanning several centuries. Slave monuments are visible representations of the memory of the slave trade and avenues for public discourse about the event and its impacts. This study draws on YouTube videos commemorating the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Ghana, examining not only the content of the videos but also the comments that YouTube users made on …
Why was inquiry practice not there? Analysis of demand-resource empirics of classroom pedagogy
A growing body of research has underscored the importance of inquiry-based methods in history teaching, yet the organisational and cultural contexts within which teachers work and how these impact teachers’ practices have received little attention. This article employs the job demands-resources theory to examine factors that inform the classroom methods of secondary history teachers in Ghana. A qualitative approach involving in-depth interviews a…
DNA Testing and Identities in Family History Research
In the preceding decades, rapid technological advancements and increasing democratisation of historical records have been coupled with scientific data from DNA testing, which has revolutionised the family history industry. Going beyond the traditional archives and databases, DNA profiles present nuanced confirmations, puzzles, and contradictions generated through this biological lens. Family history researchers seek iterative engagements with the…
Discourses of historical and democratic consciousness in Ghanaian curriculum documents
This study examines the intersections of historical and democratic consciousness in Ghana's pre-tertiary curriculum framework and primary school history curriculum. The study adopts a critical discourse analysis approach drawing on the work of Wodak to analyse the curriculum documents. Findings show that democratic and historical consciousness is strongly expressed through key concepts such as citizenship and community, and through democratic val…
Navigating the Counter-Historical Turn
This article navigates a counter-historical turn in postfoundational qualitative research. Re-reading the philosophy of history through radical black, Indigenous, and decolonial traditions, the article premises the counter-historical turn on a cosmologica pluralization and deformalization of historical experience. The authors elaborate the contours of the counter-historical turn in relation to recent projects with young people on unceded Indigeno…
Resilience and wellbeing within schools
Critical Forest Studies
Critical Forest Studies is a rapidly growing field that takes multispecies relationships with/in forests as the starting point for critical and creative inquiry. Shaped by the contested political ecologies that emerge where different forest cosmologies, languages, histories, and ecologies meet, the field builds on related developments in the environmental humanities which explore multispecies relations through artistic, historical, philosophical,…
Political science (8 obras) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · History (5 obras) · Pedagogy (5 obras) · Social science (5 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Politics (4 obras) · Epistemology (3 obras)