Dr. Fred Kofi Boateng

Head of Department

Contact info fboateng@ug.edu.gh

About

Fred’s educational experiences were set in universities such as the University of Florida, the University of Oslo, the University of Tampere, the University of Aveiro, the University of Ghana as well as the University of Hong Kong

Education

University of Florida

University of Oslo

University of Tampere

University of Aveiro

University of Ghana

University of Hong Kong

Research Interest

Fred specializes in Educational Studies but specifically focuses on research in 

  • higher education
  • international education 
  • educational leadership and management
  • gender and education

Fred has collaborated with educational and research networks such the Academy of Science of South Africa, the Society of Transnational Academic Researchers (STAR), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Community College Futures Assembly, Institute of Higher Education, University of Florida, Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), and the Comparative and International Educational Society (CIES)

Publications

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  1. Boateng, F.K., Abonyi, U., & Intsiful, E. (2023). Examination of globalisation’s clouts on Ghana’s tertiary education policy. Policy Futures in Education, 0(0). pp. 1-20.
  2.  https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103231184284
  3. Commey-Mintah, P., Adjei-Boateng, E., Boateng, F.K., Awoniyi, C., & Amponsah, K.D. (2023). Work stress and marital satisfaction: The case of married tutors of selected Colleges of Education in COVID-19 era. Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), Vol.17, No.1, pp. 102-112. https://doi.org/10.11591/edulearn.v17i1.20566
  4. Amponsah, K.D., Aboagye, G.K., Narh-Kert, M., Commey-Mintah, P., & Boateng, F.K. (2022). Impact of internet usage on students’ success in selected senior high schools in Cape Coast metropolis, Ghana In European Journal of Educational Sciences 9(2), pp.1-18 https://doi.org/10.19044/ejes.v9no2a1
  5. Abonyi, U.K., Boateng, F.K., Adjei-Boateng, E., & Ansaah, E. (2022). Promoting gender equity in school leadership appointments: A comparison of male and female headteachers’ instructional leadership practices in Ghana. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432221090746
  6. Amponsah, K.D., Boateng, F.K., & Mohammed, S.M. (2021). Pre-service science teachers’ conceptual understandings of electrochemistry In African Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 11, No.2, pp.129-150. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajce/article/view/214459
  7. Amponsah, K.D., Bukari, Z., Asano, R., & Boateng, F.K. (2021). Impact of multiple intelligence (MI) on science process skills (SPS) among senior high school students In Social Science Learning Journal6(8), pp.533-545. http://www.sslej.in/index.php/sslej/article/view/2834
  8. Owusu-Kumih, E.O., Boateng, F., & Loglo, F. (2019). “Increasing demand for transnational education in Ghana: A structural equation analysis of the causation” In Cogent Education 6(1), 1-12.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1668705
  9. Boateng, F. K., & Gaulee, U. (2019). “From studentship to academia: The academic female STEM trajectory in Ghana” In Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress, 3(1), 67–86, 2019, https://doi.org/10.32674/jump.v3i1.1077 
  10. Boateng, F.K. (2017). “Unfettering the ball and chain of gender discrimination: Gendered experiences of senior STEM women in Ghana” In Cogent Education, 4(1), 1-12, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2017.1418135
  11. Nyarko, K., Kugbey, N., Amissah, C. M., Ansah-Nyarko, M., & Boateng, F. (2017). Teacher identified giftedness qualities in a Ghanaian school setting: A brief report, Journal of Psychology in Africa, 27(6), 545-548 https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2017.1375224
  12. Boateng, F.K. (2017). Assessing the clouts of fundraising in higher education: A reconceptualisation. Journal of Educational Management, 8(1), 163-179, Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, University of Cape Coast.
  13. Boateng, F.K. (2016). Gendered experiences of Ghanaian female academics and scientists. Journal of Educational Development and Practice, 7(2), 162-186, Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. https://doi.org/10.47963/jedp.v7i.974
  14. Nyarko, K., Sintim, M.E., Adentwi, K.I., & Boateng, F. (2016). Academic stress, self-efficacy, and perceived academic competence among Senior High School remedial students in Accra. Ghana International Journal of Mental Health, 7(1), 90-105, 2016, University of Ghana/Carnegie Corporation.
  15. Boateng, F.K., & Nyarko, K. (2016). An exploration of the experiential perceptions of STEM women in Ghana about empowerment. American Journal of Management and Social Sciences 7(2), 42-55. https://scihub.org/media/ajsms/pdf/2016/10/AJSMS-7-2-42-55-1.pdf

Book/Book Chapters

  1. Boateng, F.K. (2020). “Higher education systems and institutions, Ethiopia”. In: Teixeira P., Shin J. (eds) Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_449-1
  2. Boateng, F.K. (2020). “Higher education systems and institutions, Liberia”. In: Teixeira P., Shin J. (eds) Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_457-1
  3. Boateng, F.K., & Nyarko, K. (2018). “Community college adaptation in Ghana: A perspective analysis” (Chapter 11) In Global Adaptations of Community College Infrastructure. Gaulee, U. (ed). IG Global, Hershey, PA. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5861-3
  4. Koro-Ljungberg, M., & Boateng, F. (2014). “Marxist methodology for critical collaborative inquiry” (Chapter 16) In Qualitative Research Outside the Academy (International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry). Denzin, N.K. & Giardina, M.D. (eds). Routledge/Left Coast Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315421339
  5. Boateng, F. (2011). An examination of the state's role in Ghana's higher education system: Status quo ante, status quo. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.

Editorial

  1. Boateng, F.K. (2019). Heralding plurality and celebrating diversity in research on minorities: An Imperative! In Journal of Underrepresented and Minority Progress, 3(2) https://www.ojed.org/index.php/jump/article/view/1811/916