Fred Boateng
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Fred specializes in Educational Studies but specifically focuses on
• higher education
• international education
• educational management
• STEM education
• gender and education
• educational psychology
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 AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles
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.
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
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, doi: https://doi.org/10.32674/jump.v3i1.1077
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Book Chapters
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
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
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.
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.
Editorial
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
Refereed Papers/Posters at Academic Conferences
Boateng, F.K. (April 28th 2016). Dealing with the “ins” and “outs” of gender experiences in STEM: An exploration of the experiential perceptions of STEM women about empowerment. Paper presented at the 3rd Ghana Psychological Association (GPA) Conference at the Centre for African Wetlands, University of Ghana.
Boateng, F.K. (April 9th 2016). In the birdcage of gender discrimination: A grounded theory study of STEM women's experiences in Ghana. Paper presented at the 2016 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Washington DC