About

Prof. John Kwame Boateng is an Associate Professor of Development Education at the University of Ghana, currently serving on a post-retirement contract. He is an accomplished academic, researcher, and consultant with interdisciplinary expertise in education, social sciences, and technology integration. His scholarship focuses on development education, lifelong learning, sustainable community development, social justice, and technology-enhanced learning.

Prof. Boateng holds a PhD in Agricultural and Extension Education with a minor in Demography and an MS in Horticulture from The Pennsylvania State University, an MBA in Project Management from the University of Ghana Business School, an MSc in Land and Water Management from the University of Nairobi, and a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture (Crop Science) from the University of Ghana.

His extensive research and publications, spanning education, sustainability, and the intersection of technology and adult learning have appeared in leading outlets such as Routledge, Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, and Nova Science Publishers. Prof. Boateng has also contributed to high-impact projects with UNESCO, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the Global Bioethics Initiative.

With a strong commitment to mentorship, research leadership, and capacity building, he actively fosters innovation, knowledge transfer, and strategic partnerships that drive sustainable solutions to societal challenges.

Education

• PhD in Agricultural and Extension Education with a minor in Demography and
• MS in Horticulture from The Pennsylvania State University,
• MBA in Project Management from the University of Ghana Business School,
• MSc in Land and Water Management from the University of Nairobi, and
• BSc (Hons) in Agriculture (Crop Science) from the University of Ghana.

Research Interest

• Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
• Culture, Human Rights, and Community Livelihoods
• Development Education and Lifelong Learning
• Public Health, Social Behaviour, and Community Well-being
• Climate Change, Sustainability, and Socioeconomic Adaptation

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Boateng, J. K., Boadi, C., & Attiogbe, E. J. K. (2025). Examining student engagement in effective teaching and learning: an SoTL-based approach using the theory of planned behaviour. Discover Education, 4(354). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00801-2.

Boateng, J. K., Golo, H. K., Ibrahim, S., & Erinosho, B. T. (2025). Examining the Influence of Ghanaian coastal communities’ cultural practices on the cultural rights of small-scale fishers: a focus on livelihood impacts. Cogent Social Sciences, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2025.2553222 

Esther Julia Korkor Attiogbe, Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, O.A.T.F. Kwapong, John Boateng (2025); Assessing the relationship between feedback strategies and learning improvement from a distance learning perspective. Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning 11 March 2025; 18 (1): 165– 186. https://doi.org/10.1108/JRIT-10-2022-0061

Boateng, J. K., Golo, H. K., Ibrahim, S., & Erinosho, B. T. (2024). Reconciling conflicts between cultural beliefs, and human rights standards in coastal communities of Ghana: preserving cultural rights and promoting sustainable fishing practices. Cogent Social Sciences, 10(1), 2340427.

Boateng, J.K. (2023). Managing learning outcomes with technology in Ghanaian higher education, Cogent Social Sciences, 9:2, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2282507

Nyavor,S., Amposah, S.,Owusu V.& Boateng, J.K. (2023). Compensation payment for fisherfolk during closed-season fishing: Lessons from small-scale fisherfolk in Ghana, Cogent Social Sciences, 9:2, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2282502

Afful, D. & Boateng, J. K. (2023). Mobile learning behaviour of university students in Ghana, Cogent Social Sciences, 9:1, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2204712

Afful D. & Boateng, J.K. (2023) Electronic learning among students at public universities in Ghana, Cogent Education, 10:2, DOI:      10.1080/2331186X.2023.2222695

Attiogbe, E.J.K., Oheneba-Sakyi, Y., Kwapong, O.A.T.F. & Boateng, J. (2023), "Assessing the relationship between feedback strategies and learning improvement from a distance learning perspective", Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JRIT-10-2022-0061

Boateng, J.K., Attiogbe, E. J. K & Kunbour, V. M. (2022). Influence of adult learners’ self-direction on group learning, Cogent Social Sciences, 8:1, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2022.2064592

Boateng, J.K., Attiogbe, E.J.K., Stahl, A. Apoh, W., Boadi, C. & Frimpong, W. O., (2022). Using Africa’s past to promote change toward safer alternatives for food packaging in Accra, Cogent Social Sciences, 8:1, DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2022.2137962

Boateng J.K. (2022). Perspectives on access to and control over land, livelihood, and agricultural production outcomes in three districts with land investments in Ghana MIASA Working Paper Series 2022 (3), 1-31 

Boateng, J.K. Attiogbe E.J.K, Stahl A., Apoh W., Boadi C., Frimpong W.O. (2022). Using Africa’s past to promote change toward safer alternatives for food packaging in Accra. Cogent Social Sciences 8 (1), 2137962

Massawudu, L. M., Logo, D. D., Oppong, F. B., Afari-Asiedu, S., Nakobu, Z., Baatiema, L., Boateng, J. K. (2021). Predictors of cigarette and shisha use in Nima and Osu communities, Accra, Ghana: A cross-sectional study. Pneumon, 20. https://doi.org/10.18332/pne/143225

Boateng, J. K., Asare Tutu, R., & Boateng, J. (2021). The Use of Information and Communication Technology and social media to Improve Change Planning and Effectiveness in Teaching and Learning Among Ghanaian Graduate Students. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 10(SI), 96–124. Retrieved from https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jise/article/view/2792

Boateng J. K. (2020). Using SAKAI LMS for Enhanced Instructor-Student Interactions and Effective Student Learning: Perceptions of    Students from the University of Ghana. Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal, 13 (4), 1-10. doi:10.18848/1835-9795/CGP/v13i04/1-10.

Boateng J.K. & Oheneba-Sakyi Y. (2020). Comparing use of e-mail communication and face-to-face interactions as medium for adult learners in Ghana. Global Comparative Education: Journal of the WCCES, 4 (1/2), 16-34.

Agyekum, B., P. Siakwah, & Boateng, J.K. (2020). Immigration, education, sense of community and mental well-being: The case of visible minority immigrants in Canada. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability. 14 (1) 1-15, DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2020.1801488.             

Boateng J.K. (2020): Utilization of Sakai as a learning management system (LMS) and its benefits in promoting collaborative learning among university students. The Information Technologist, 17 (1), 53-62.

Boateng, J.K. (2020). Class communication tools in a blended graduate course.  Journal of Education and Practice, 11 (13), 87-96, ISSN 2222-1735(paper), ISSN 2222-288X (online).

Boateng, J.K., & Tutu, R.A. (2020). Language acculturation and social capital among migrants in Jamestown, Accra. Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics, 68 (1), 35-40, ISSN 2422 – 8435, DOI: 10.7176/JILL/68-06.

Tutu RA, Gupta S, Elavarthi S, Busingye J.D., & Boateng J.K. (2020). Exploring the development of a household cholera-focused health literacy scale in James Town, Accra. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 12 (1), 62-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.08.006. Epub 2018 Sep 12. PMID: 30219358.

Peer-Reviewed Edited Book Chapters

Biney, I. K., Boateng, J. K., & Nixon, P. G. (2024). Sustainable Community Development in Ghana. Routledge

Boateng, J. K., Boateng, J., & Darkwa, E.(2024) Community mobile teaching and learning applications during COVID-19: Review of the experiences of some    religious groups in Ghana. Sustainable Community Development in Ghana, 51-62.

Boateng, J. K. (2024). Climate change adaptation practices in two rural communities in Ghana. In Sustainable Community Development in Ghana (pp. 226-244).Routledge.

Boateng, J. K., Boadi, C., Boateng, J., & Darkwa, E. (2024). Social Media, Politics, and Electoral Disagreements in Ghana. In Mumuni, E., Nartey, M., Pappoe, R., Henaku, N., & Agbozo, E. (Eds.), Communication and Electoral Politics in Ghana: Interrogating Transnational Technology, Discourse and Multimodalities (pp. 175). Palgrave Macmillan, UK.

Boateng, J. K., Osei-Tutu, E. M., & Kwapong, O. A. T. (2023). The Evolving Development Education in Ghana. Pedagogy of Hope for Global Social Justice: Sustainable Futures for People and the Planet, 175.

Boateng, J., Attiogbe, E. J. K., & Boadi, C. (2023). Integrating Technology for Effective Teaching and Learning by Adults: The Ghanaian Perspective. In Biney, I. K., Nixon, P. G., & Kleiweg de Zwaan, R. (Eds.), Lifelong learning: perspectives, opportunities and challenges (pp. 45-60). NOVA Science Publishers, USA.

Boateng, J., & Boateng, J. (2023). Technology and the Higher Education Sector’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Experiences of Adult Learners in the University of Ghana. In Biney, I. K., Nixon, P. G., & Kleiweg de Zwaan, R. (Eds.), Lifelong learning: perspectives, opportunities and challenges (pp. 111-130). NOVA Science Publishers, USA.

Kwapong,O.A.T.F., Addae, D., & Boateng, J.K., (2022). Reimagining Development Education in Africa: Cham: Springer, pp. 1–254.

Kwapong,O.A.T.F., Addae, D., & Boateng, J.K., (2022). Overview: In Kwapong, O.A.T.F., Addae, D., & Boateng, J.K., (Eds). Reimagining Development Education in Africa, Cham: Springer, pp. 1–9.

Boateng J.K., Kwapong,O.A.T.F. (2022). Theorising the concept of development education from African Centred perspective. In Kwapong, O.A.T.F., Addae, D., & Boateng, J.K., (Eds). Reimagining Development Education in Africa, Cham: Springer pp. 11–38

Kwapong, O.A.T.F., Addae, D., & Boateng J.K., (2022). The futurity of Development Education in Africa. In Kwapong, O.A.T.F., Addae, D., & Boateng, J.K., (Eds). Reimagining Development Education in Africa: Cham: Springer, pp. 247–254.

Boateng, J. K., & Darkwa, E. (2021). Unpacking the Dilemma of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Access to Justice by Women in the Ghanaian Context. In E. Yin, & N. Kofie (Ed.), Advancing Civil Justice Reform and Conflict Resolution in Africa and Asia: Comparative Analyses and Case Studies (pp. 171-189). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7898-8.ch010

Boateng J.K, & Darkwa, E. (2021). Strengthening criminal justice systems and institutions to consolidate democratic governance in Ghana: The role of state and civil societies. In E. T. Yin, & F. K. Nelson, (Eds), Contemporary issues in criminology in Africa (pp 123-180). New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc, Hauppauge, NY 11788, USA

Boateng, J. (2020). Training the marketers for implementing innovative marketing strategy: A case from the University of Ghana. In E. Mogaji, F. Maringe, & R. Hinson, (Eds). Understanding the higher education markets in Africa, (pp. 217-240). Routledge Studies in Marketing, Routledge, Oxfordshire, UK, ISBN 978-0367344382.

Boateng J.K., (2020). Trade-offs in instructor-learner interactions for Teaching-based 

distance education: Implications for costs, students’ numbers, and effective learning. In Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, Michael A. Tagoe, Inusah Salifu (Eds),    Contemporary issues in human resource studies, (pp. 180 – 199). Woeli             Publishing Services, ISB