Dr. Joseph E Cobbinah

Dr Joseph Cobbinah is a lecturer with over 15 years teaching experience. He has worked in different schools, colleges and universities in Ghana, Swaziland and the United Kingdom.  Joseph is an expert and consultant in private sector governance and leadership, educational leadership and management and teacher education and development. He has consulted for many organisations and institutions in Ghana and abroad.

Dr Joseph Cobbinah obtained his BEd(Hons) degree from the University of Nottingham, in the UK. He holds an MSc in Development Management from the Open University, UK; an MPhil degree in Educational Leadership and School Improvement from Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge; Post Graduate Diploma in Research Methods for the Social Sciences and a PhD from University of Bradford, UK. Joseph also has a Cert in Effective Online Tutoring from the Department Continuing Education of the University of Oxford. He is also reading a Doctor of Education (EdD) degree in Educational Administration, Leadership and Management from the University of Bath in the UK.

Research interests

School Self-Evaluation, School Improvement and Effectiveness

Parental involvement in school leadership and management

Professional development of teachers

International development organisational management

Community participation and management

Publications

Journal

Cobbinah, J.E. (2015) Power Relations in Community Participation: Does It Really Matter, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol. 6, No. 13, pp144 – 150; http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/view/24284

Books

Cobbinah, J.E. (2014) Action Research: Meaning, Principles and Process, Accra: Ghana Universities Press

Cobbinah, J.E. (2012) Barriers to Community Participation: The Hidden Secretes in Community Participation, Saarbrücken: AV Akademikerverlag GmbH & Co. KG