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David Kwame Kumador (BSc, MPhil (Ghana))

David Kwame Kumador (BSc, MPhil (Ghana))
Lecturer
dkumador@ug.edu.gh

 

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

  1. UP Postgraduate Research Bursary, University of Pretoria, South Africa (2021- 2022)
  2. Foundation Contingency Scholarship Award, University of Cape Town, South Africa (2020)
  3. JW Centenary Scholarship Award, University of Cape Town, South Africa (2018)
  4. 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

 

  1. [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.

 

  1. [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

 

  1. [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

    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. 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
    4. 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.
    5. 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

    1. Christian Alliance for Orphans, CAFO USA (since 2020)
    2. Family Based Care Alliance Ghana (since 2020)
    3. Member, Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) Africa Forum, South Africa.
    4. University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG)