Dr Joseph E. Cobbinah

Dr Joseph Cobbinah is a faculty member in the Department of Educational Studies and Leadership. Joseph has over 20 years of teaching experience. Joseph is an expert in school improvement, educational leadership, management, and administration and teacher professional development. He has taught in different schools, colleges, and universities in Ghana, Eswatini, and the United Kingdom.   Joseph contributes towards the work of National School Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA) as a Team Inspector of Schools and Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC). Joseph has done several consultancy works for organizations such as Kindermissionswerk – a German NGO in association with Syspons GmbH, Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) and DFID in Association with Cambridge Education, UK, First Management Training Consultants Ltd in Nigeria, etc. He also consults for World Vision International, Canada and some profit and nonprofit making organizations, in educational leadership, teacher professional development, improvement of students learning outcomes, research in children’s literacy development, school leadership and school improvement research. Joseph is a Fellow of Institution for Learning, UK.

Dr Joseph E. Cobbinah has the following qualifications.
BEd(Hons) in Education Management - University of Nottingham
MSc in Development Management – Open University, UK
MPhil in Educational Leadership and School Improvement – University of Cambridge.
PGDip in Research Methods for the Social Sciences – University of Bradford.
PhD in Development Management – University of Bradford.
IPGCE – University of Derby
Cert in Effective Online Tutoring – University of Oxford.
EdD in Administration, Leadership and Management (Candidate) – University of Bath

Research interests

• Educational Leadership and Management
• School Self-Evaluation
• School Improvement and Effectiveness
• Professional Development of Teachers
• Improvement of Children’s Learning and Academic Performance
• School improvement research and training 
• Issues with International Development Management

Publications
Journals
Cobbinah, J.E. & Eshun, E. (2021) School self-evaluation and the nature of support system for basic schools in Ghana, Sage Open, 1-13 

Cobbinah, J.E. (2020). Analysis of the problematic nature of appointment of public senior high school (SHS) head teachers and the governance of schools in Ghana International Journal of Teacher Education and Professional Development, 3(2), 19-32

Cobbinah, J.E. (2019). Assessing the ideological foundations and relevance of the school feeding policy in Ghana: implementation challenges and lessons for the future, International Journal of Political Activism and Engagement, 6(4), 42-56

Cobbinah, J. E. & Osei-Tutu, E. M. (2019). Pre-marital counselling and sustainability of marriages in contemporary Ghanaian society, International Journal of Political Activism and Engagement, 6(1), 52-64

Cobbinah, J.E. & Aryeh-Adjei, A. A. (2018). Academics with professional doctorate degrees in Ghanaian universities, International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 9 (3) 24 – 34 

Cobbinah, J.E. (2015). Power relations in community participation: does it really matter, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 6 (13), 144 – 150 http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/view/24284

Books chapters 
Cobbinah, J. E. (2019) Barriers to strategic leadership in education in O'Connor, J. R. (ed) (82-93) Strategic leadership in PK-12 settings, Hershey, PA: IGI Global

Cobbinah, J. E. (2019) Information technology leadership and change in higher hducation in Makewa, L. N. & Ngussa, B. M. (eds) (36-54), Emerging IT issues in higher education, Hershey, PA: IGI Global

Cobbinah, J. E. & Agyemang, S. (2019) Quality management and academic leadership in Sony, M., Therisa, K. K. & Baporikar, N. (eds) (101-120) Successful implementation of quality management principles in higher education, Hershey, PA: IGI Global

Cobbinah, J. E. & Adjei-Boateng, E. (2019). Teaching and learning 21st century skills for life in Keengwe, S. (ed) (365 – 378), Handbook of research on innovative digital practices to engage learners, Hershey, PA: IGI Global 

Adjei-Boateng, E. & Cobbinah, J. E. (2019). Secondary school teacher preparation in the age of inclusive education in Rice, B. M. & Threlkeld, A. (eds). (30 – 42), Global perspectives on inclusive teacher education, Hershey, PA: IGI Global

Adjei-Boateng, E. & Cobbinah, J. E. (2019). Working with immigrant children in schools: practical skills for teachers in Keengwe, S. (ed). (229-245), Handbook of research on engaging immigrant families and promoting academic success for English Language learners, Hershey, PA: IGI Global

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