David Kwame Kumador (BSc, MPhil (Ghana))
EDUCATION
1. PhD Degree in Early Childhood Education (2021 – To Date) University of Pretoria, South Africa
2. MPhil. Degree in Family and Child Studies (2013 – 2015) University of Ghana
3. BSc. Degree in Home Science (2007 – 2011) University of Ghana
AWARDS
- UP Postgraduate Research Bursary, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2021- 2022)
- Foundation Contingency Scholarship Award, University of Cape Town, South Africa (2020)
- JW Centenary Scholarship Award, University of Cape Town, South Africa (2018)
- AG Leventis Foundation Masters Training Support Grant, University of Ghana (2014)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am particularly interested in examining how family-based care alternatives for orphans and vulnerable children in Ghana can be enhanced to inure to the expected developmental outcomes for young children. I am also interested in developing researched-based developmental models in inclusive early childhood education, social interventions for vulnerable groups, and sibling-parenthood in Ghana.
CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
- [Technical Working Group member] Four-day workshop on the review of ECCD Policy
Organizer: Department of Children, MOGCSP
Date/Venue: 30 November – 2 December 2021at Hillview Hotel, Teiman, Accra.
- [Participant] Three-day co-creation workshop on childcare reforms in Ghana.
Organizer: USAID Ghana.
Date/Venue: 23-25 November 2020 at Tomreik Hotel, East Legon, Accra
- [Facilitator] Three-day co-creation workshop with High and Lower Court Judges and Social Workers on the protection of the child
Organizer: Family Based Care Alliance, Ghana and A Family for Every Orphan (AFFEO)
Date/Venue: 22-25 June 2021 at Calvary Baptist Church, Alisa Hotel and Tomreik Hotel
PUBLICATIONS
- Kumador, D., Tackie-Ofosu, V. & Mahama, S. (2018). Sibling relationships and adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems, Ife PsychologIA, 26(1), 193 – 208. ISSN: 1117-1421
- Tackie Ofosu, V., Mahama, S., Tetteh D. S., Vandyck, E, Kumador, D. K., & Toku, A. N. A. (2015). Mother Tongue Usage in Ghanaian Pre-Schools: Perceptions of Parents and Teachers. Journal of Education and Practice, 6(34), 81-87. ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper). ISSN 2222-288X (Online). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1086075
- Tackie-Ofosu, V., Mahama, S., Kumador, D., Budu, M., & Sackey, E.K.K. (2014). Where children live and have their wellbeing: A study of housing conditions and health in Accra- Ghana. Development Country Studies, 4(24), 190 – 197. http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/DCS/article/view/17133
- Ba-ama, E. M, Kumador, D. K., Vandyck, E. and Dzandu, J. A. (2013). Challenges faced by street women with children: A case of Accra-Ghana. International Research Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 2(3), 64-7. http://www.interesjournals.org/irjass/april-2013-vol-2-issue-3/challenges-faced-by-streetwomen-with-children-a-case-of-accra-ghana.
- Ba-ama, E. M., Agyeman, D. & Kumador, D. K. (2013). Financial Management Practices of Formal and Informal Sector Women in Dodowa, Ghana. Journal of Asian Regional Association of Home Economics, 20(2), 66-75.
NETWORK
- Christian Alliance for Orphans, CAFO USA (since 2020)
- Family Based Care Alliance Ghana (since 2020)
- Member, Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) Africa Forum, South Africa.
- University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)