Christine Adu‐Yeboah

Biographic Data

ID6449075
NAMEChristine Adu‐Yeboah
GIVEN NAMESChristine
FAMILY NAMEAdu‐Yeboah
SIGNATUREYEBOAH C A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Cape Coast
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS23
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Pedagogies for critical thinking at universities in Kenya, Ghana and Botswana

    Rebecca Schendel, Tristan Mccowan et al.ARTICLETeaching in Higher Education2023

    While critical thinking is widely regarded as a key outcome of higher education, research has shown that in practice it is only developed when certain conditions are in place, relating to the pedagogical approach, the nature of the curriculum and the level of challenge, amongst other factors. This article reports on findings from a four-year mixed methods study in Botswana, Ghana and Kenya, aiming to investigate the factors underpinning the succe…

  • Enablers of pedagogical change within universities

    Open AccessTristan Mccowan, Mary Omingo et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022Cited by: 1References: 2

    Quality of teaching and learning in higher education is increasingly recognised as a pressing issue on the African continent, and there have been various reform initiatives to transform classrooms and institutions. However, little is known about the factors that affect pedagogical change in institutions, and enable or constrain these innovations from taking root. This study explores the cases of eight diverse universities in Botswana, Ghana and K…

  • Being a young Muslim woman in Southern Ghana

    Barbara Crossouard, Máiréad Dunne et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contemporary African…2021References: 24

    This paper draws upon recent research that explored Muslim youth identity constructions in southern Ghana. At a time when Muslim youth are often demonised and Islam is represented as incompatible with western democratic ideals, the research explored the intersections of nation, religion, ethnicity and gender in identity narratives of female students in high school and higher education in southern Ghana. After describing the Ghanaian socio-histori…

  • Preparing Teacher Trainees for Field Experience

    Open AccessChristine Adu-Yeboah, Christine Adu‐Yeboah et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2018References: 20

    This study sought to understand the process of providing on-campus practical experience to teacher trainees in preparation for practicum in basic schools, and how the trainees perceive these. It used the mixed method approach to obtain data from three purposively sampled colleges of education in the Central Region of Ghana. Questionnaires were administered to 232 teacher trainees; 12 focus group discussion sessions were held with the trainees whi…

  • Exploring the fault lines of cross‐cultural collaborative research

    John B Pryor, John Pryor et al.ARTICLECompare A Journal of Comparative…2009Cited by: 4References: 5

    This paper explores issues emerging from the authors’ experiences of collaborative research in Ghana, by researchers from a Ghanaian and a British university. The text emerges from discussions between partners and in retrospective reflection on the research process. It is constructed by bringing together personal accounts of the different authors in which their identities shift and are reconstructed in the process of the research. Multiple perspe…

  • Mapping the incidence of school dropouts

    Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, Christine Adu‐YeboahARTICLEComparative Education2009Cited by: 18References: 1

    This paper examines the issue of school dropout in six communities in the Savelugu‐Nanton District in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study focused on 89 children (64 boys and 25 girls) aged 7–16 years, who had dropped out of school. A snowballing sampling method was employed to recruit participants to the study. Two researchers interviewed the children using semi‐structured interview schedules over a period of three weeks. School dropouts were…