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Kola Babarinde

Kola Babarinde is a Professor specialising in Philosophy and Sociology of Education with a research focus onthe Pedagogy of Higher Education. He is with the Department of Early Childhood and Educational Foundations, University of Ibadan, and former Foundation Director, University of Ibadan Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. He has prepared and trained higher education teachers in many universities in Nigeria and abroad over the last three decades. He was Ag. Head, Department of Teacher Education, University of Ibadan August 2006 - August 2008 where he initiated the first-ever induction ceremony for professional teachers in Nigeria in collaboration with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, (TRCN) and Nigerian Academy of Education. Visiting Scholar to the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, College of Education, University of Iowa, USA, September - December 2009, Visiting Scholar on Sabbatical to the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, University of Calabar, Calabar April 2011- May 2012, Visiting Fellow to the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada May - June 2013, Interim CEO to the African Higher Education Summit with the theme: Revitalizing Higher Education for Africa's Future, March 10 - 12, 2015 in Dakar, Senegal and Visiting Scholar, Deusto International Tuning Academy, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain - March - April, 2017. He has collaborated with many institutions and organisations in Nigeria and outside in the areas of education in general and Pedagogy of higher education in particular. He is the current President, Philosophers of Education Association of Nigeria, (PEAN). He has been active across African countries e.g. Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, and South Africa in Pedagogical Leadership Workshops for African University teachers where he served as a resource person on How to Develop Personal Teaching Philosophy as well as Online Course Design, Facilitation and Innovative Assessment. He recently served as a Consultant to Edo State Ministry of Education on Repositioningher Colleges of Education. He is currently a Visiting Professor and Director Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Chrisland University, Abeokuta and the CEO of Faculty Development and Pedagopreneurship Consults based in Ibadan, Nigeria.

  • African Philosophy of Education
    New
    African Philosophy of Education
    edited by Kola Babarinde, Oludare Okikiola Olufowobi
    Safari Books, Nigeria
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