Dr Ahmed Bawa Kuyini-Abubakar
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Education, School of Health
Qualifications
B.Ed (Hons), Dip. R.S. (University of Cape Coast, Ghana), BSW (Volda University College, Norway), M.Phil.(UCC, Ghana) PhD (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Contact
| Email: | kuyinia@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Professional Development and Leadership (N16) Room 237 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3676 (or +61 2 6773 3676 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3666 |
Ahmed Bawa Kuyini is a Special Educator and Social Worker and currently teaches in the Bachelor of Social Work Program in the School of Health.
Affiliations
- Victoria Institute of Teaching and NASW.
- CEVS-GHANA
- Columnist:Issues in Ghana
Areas of Teaching
Social Work: 1. Disadvantage and Sevice Provision, 2. Direct Pracitice Skills, 3. Rural Social Work
Inclusive /Special Education
Behaviour Managment
Research interests
My Reserach broadly focuses on educational and social inclusion in developing countries as well as Australia and Norway.
Key Areas:
- Inclusive Education - Principal and teacher attitudes, using effective instructional strategies, Behaviour Managment
- Child Rights and Welfare, including Fostercare
- Refugees and Migration
- Disability & Rehabilitation
Consultancy
Evaluation of the Activities of the Coledale Youth Project; Tamworth Regional Council, NSW.
Mainstreaming disability into local government policy in northern Ghana
Publications/Papers:
Kuyini, A.B. (2013) Ghana's New Education Reform 2007: A realistic proposition or a crisis of vision? Online, International Review of Education DOI 10.1007/s11159-013-9343-7
Das, A.K., Kuyini A.B., Desai, I.P. (2013) Inclusive Education in India: Are the Teachers Prepared? International Journal Of Special Education, 28 (1), Online
Kuyini, A.B. (2013) Disempowerment-Empowerment Dynamics: Theorizing the Role of Cultural Background and Capital in Refugees’ Adaptation to New Contexts (Accepted for publication, 2013) Transnational Social Work
Kuyini, A.B. & Paterson, D. (2013) Principals’ expectations and implementing inclusive education: A pilot study of schools in Northern NSW. (Accepted for Publication, December 2012) Special Education Perspectives
Maple, M., Jarrot, H. & Kuyini, A.B. ( 2012). Blended learning in rural social work education: Reflections from a New Australian Bachelor of Social Work Course. International ournal of Social Work Education, DOI:10.1080/2615479.2012
David, R. & Kuyini, A.B. (2012) Social inclusion: Teachers as facilitators in peer acceptance of students with disabilities in regular classrooms in Tamil Nadu, India. International Journal of Special Education, 27, (2), 1-12
Alhassan M. Awal & Kuyini A.B. (2012) Minority Students’ Perceptions of Schooling and Teachers Quality to Support Their Learning in Norway. World Journal of Education, 2,(2), 95-108
Kivunja C, Kuyini, A.B., Kucita P, Maxwell TW (2012) Bhutanese stakeholders perceptions about multi-grade teaching as a strategy for achieving quality universal primary education in International Journal of Educational Development http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.05.009
Mangope B, Kuyini, A B., & Major T (2012) Assessment of Learners with Special Needs forInclusive Education in Botswana: Issues & Challenges for schools. International Journal of Scientific Research in Education (ISSN 1117-3259) 5:2 pp.138-150 (C1)
Kuyini A. B. (2011). Exploring the effects of including students' ideas and concerns on their participation in online groups. Journal of Distance Education, 25, (3)
Kuyini, A. B. & Mangope, B. (2011). Student teachers’ attitudes and concerns about inclusive education in Ghana and Botswana. International Journal of Wholeschooling, 7, (1), 1-18
Kuyini, A. B. Alhassan, A.R & Mahama, F.K. (2011) The Ghana Community-Based Rehabilitation Program for People with Disabilities: What happened at the end of foreign donor support? Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 10 (4), 1-21.
Kuyini, A. B. Alhassan, A., Tollerud, I, Weld, H, Haruna, I. (2009) Traditional Kinship Foster care in Northern Ghana: The experiences and view of children, carers and adults in Tamale. Child & Family Social Work, 14,2
Kuyini, A. B. & Mahama, F.K. (2009) Child Rights and Protection Policy in Ghana: The Challenges of District Level Implementation Published for CEVS-Ghana at www.cevsghana.org
Kuyini A. B. & Desai, I. (2008). Providing instruction to students with special needs in inclusive classrooms in Ghana: Issues and challenges. International Journal of Wholeschooling, 4.1 pp.22-38
Kuyini, A B. (2008) Health Seeking Behaviours of rural to urban female migrant workers in Ghana. A paper presented with Abdulai Mohammed Kuyini (Crescent Educational & Volunteer Service, Ghana) at the Public Health Conference in, Agder, Norway, 8-19 0ctober 2008.
Kuyini, A. B (2007). Inclusion of Refugee Students in Mainstream Schools in Victoria: Issues and Concerns. Seminar on African Youth and Education, Melbourne
Kuyini, A. B & Desai, I (2007). Principals' and Teachers' Attitudes Toward and Knowledge of Inclusive Education as Predictors of Effective Inclusive Teaching practices in Ghana- International Journal of Research in Special and Inclusive Education Vol 7, 2.
Kuyini, A.A.B. & Desai, I (2006) Principals' and Teachers' Attitudes Toward and Knowledge of Inclusive Education in Ghana. Ife Psychologia. African Journal of Psychology. Vol, 14, 2.
2007- Families' Participation in Supporting Positive Outcomes for African Refugee Students in Schools: Issues and Concerns. Paper Presented at the African Resettlement in Australia Conference, University of Melbourne, 11-13 April 2007. Kuyini A. B.
2006 -African Refugee Youth Participation Towards Positive Outcomes in the Australian Society: Issues and Concerns-Paper Presented at the Care Africa International Conference, Holmsglen Institute of TAFE, Melbourne- 3rd February 2006. Kuyini A.B.
The Theory of Planned Behaviour as a Model for Predicting Effective Teaching Practices in Inclusive Classrooms. -Paper presented at the 2nd International Inclusive Education Conference-Hong Kong- December 2005. Kuyini, A.A.B
Kuyini, A. B. (1999). Ghana Community Based Rehabilitation Program: An outside Assessment of Program Implementation and functioning in Northern Ghana. DESW Newsletter, Vol 2, p.8-16.
Kuyini, A. B (1990). Introduction to Educational Psychology and Special Education: Unpublished Training Guide for Teacher Trainees in Ghana.
Publications
Kuyini, A.B. Abdul, R.A. Inga, T., et al, 2009, Traditional kinship foster care in northern Ghana: the experiences and views of children, carers and adults in Tamale, Child & Family Social Work, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. ON-LI, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122268353/abstract
Kuyini, A.B. & Desai, I , Kuyini, A.B. & Desai, I , 2008, , International Journal of Wholeschooling, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 22-38, http://www.coe.wayne.edu/wholeschooling/Journal_of_Whole_Schooling/articles.html
Kuyini, A.B. & Desai, I , Kuyini, A.B. & Desai, I , 2006, Principals’ and Teachers’ Attitudes Toward and Knowledge of Inclusive Education in Ghana, Ife Psychologia. African Journal of Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 245-262, http://www.ajol.info/viewissue.php?jid=140&id=2809