Frank Okai Larbi,Associate Researcher,PhD and Master in Educational Leadership and Policy of Beijing Normal University, China. Category A Talent approved by Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau. Now, Adjunct Lecturer at the International School, Guangzhou Huashang College, and Associate Researcher at the School of Education, South China Normal University. Members of the Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA) and the American Education Research Association (AERA (current member)). He has made outstanding academic researches, participated in nearly 20 International conferences and gave presentations, and published more than 10 works on the International Journals. With rich teaching experiences, he has taught nearly 10 courses to both graduate and undergraduate students, and currently as an adjunct lecturer taught at the School of International Education, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University. The detailed introduction as below:
Education:
·2022 – 2023:University of the People (Master’s in Business Administration),USA
·2015 –2018: Beijing Normal University (PhD inEducational Leadership and Policy), China
·2013 – 2015:Beijing Normal University (Masters in Educational Leadership and Policy), China
·2008 - 2011: University of Cape Coast – Ofinso College of Education (Basic Education), Ghana
·2002 - 2005: Adventist Senior High School (Business Management), Ghana
Work experience:
·2018/12 – date:Associate Researcher at the School of Education, South China Normal University
·2019/09 –date:Adjunctlecturer at the School of International Education, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University
·2014 – 2018: Tutor at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA)
·07/2014 – 2015:A research assistant of Prof. Liu Qiang (Beijing Normal University)
·01/2014 – 2018/02:tutor at Chinese Athletic English Foundation
·2013:A volunteer to teach English Language in several schools during school visit in Haidian District (Beijing) organized by the faculty of Comparative Education in Beijing Normal University (China).
International conferences and presentations:
· November 26th – 29th, 2021: presented at the International Strategic Research Congress, Antalya, Turkey.
· April 8th– 12th,2021: presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA), USA.
· October 26th – 29th, 2020: presented at the International Strategic Research Congress, Antalya, Turkey.
· October 26th – 29th, 2019: Presented a paper on “The Financial Strategies and Approaches of the Chinese Government towards the Internationalization of Chinese Higher Education” at the International Strategic Research Congress, Antalya, Turkey.
· April 14th– 18th, 2019:paper accepted for presentation at theComparative and International Education Society (CIES) at San Francisco, United States of America
· May 10th-12th, 2018: presented a paper on “Internationalization of Higher Education in China: Opportunities and Challenges faced by Foreign Faculty Members, a Case Study of Beijing Normal University”at the 2018Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA) at Cambodia.
· April 13th– 17th, 2018: paper accepted for presentation at theAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) at New York, United States of America (Could not attend due to final dissertation defense).
· October 13 – 16, 2017: presented at the Global Teacher Education Summit (GTES) hosted by Beijing Normal University
· May, 2017: Presented in a forum of “Academic paper publication to MA and Ph.D students in Beijing Normal University
· March 24 – 25, 2017: A presenter at the Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong (CESHK) 2017 annual conference on the topic, “Environmental Education for sustainable Development in Ghana”.
· December, 2016: presented on academic writing workshop to the masters students in Beijing Normal University
· November 10 -12, 2016: presented at the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association-Taiwan Education Research Association 2016 on the topic “Development of student’s critical thinking with the aid of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Ghanaian junior high schools (JHS)
· August 22 – 26, 2016: a presenter at the World Congress Comparative Education Society (WCCES) on the topic, “Development of skills and critical thinking in junior high school students towards quality basic education in Ghana.
· April 15 – 16, 2016: A presenter at the Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong (CESHK) 2016 annual conference on Innovation and internationalization of higher education in China: a case study of Beijing Normal University.
· January 28 – 30, 2016: A presenter at the Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA) on the topic China’s international educational aid to Africa: an analysis of international data and African students’ perspective
· July 1 – 3, 2014:A co-presenter at the 2nd annual UN Global Compact youth CSR conference 2014 (South Korea)
· A co-presenter at the fifth worldwide forum for Comparative Education in Beijing Normal University about Emerging Models for Technologically-Enabled CSR: antenatal parental education to reduce maternal and infantile mortality in Ghana.
Published works:
1. Chen, Z., Larbi, F. O. (2023). Deciphering the cognitive and non‐cognitive competencies of Chinese students’ mathematics through a critical lens
of PISA.Educational Studies in Mathematics.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-023-10210-7
2. Larbi, F.O.; Ma, Z.; Fang, Z.; Virlanuta, F.O.; Bărbuță-Mișu, N.; Deniz, G. Financial Anxiety among International Students in Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis between International Students in the United States of America and China.Sustainability2022, 14, 3743. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073743
3.Fu, W.andLarbi, F.O.(2022), "The rebirth of the Chinese higher education: analysis of higher education policies from the economic reform to date",International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, Vol. 24 No. 1, pp. 1-19.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCED-04-2021-0044
4. Zhuo, Z., Larbi, F.O. and Addo, E.O., 2021. Benefits and Risks of Introducing Artificial Intelligence Into Trade and Commerce: The Case of Manufacturing Companies in West Africa.Amfiteatru Economic,23(56), pp. 174-194.
5. Zelin Zhuo & Frank Okai Larbi (2020) The case against education: why the education system is a waste of time and money,Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management,43(3), p. 333-335. DOI:10.1080/1360080X.2020.1836571
6. Zhuo, Z., & Larbi, F. (2020). Academic fault lines: the rise of industry logic in public higher education: by Patricia J. Gumport, Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019, 544 pp., $59.95 (E-book and hardcover), ISBN 9781421429731.Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management.43(1) 1-2. 10.1080/1360080X.2020.1804661.
7. Larbi, F.O., Zaoming, M., Xianzhe, C. and Yating, H., 2020. The Financial Strategies and Approaches of Chinese Government Towards the Internationalization of Higher Education in China.Amfiteatru Economic,22(53), pp. 179-196.
8. Fu, W., Larbi, F.O. Hans de Wit, Jocelyne Gacel-Ávila, Elspeth Jones & Nico Jooste: The globalization of internationalization: emerging voices and perspectives.High Educ80, 593–595 (2020).https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-019-00492-3
9. Larbi, O. F., & Ashraf, A. M. (2019). International Academic Mobility in Chinese Academia: Opportunities and Challenges.International Migration, 1-15. doi:10.1111/imig.12662
10. Frank Okai Larbi,Wangqian Fu, (2017) "Practices and challenges of internationalization of higher education in China; international students’ perspective: A case study of Beijing Normal University",International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, Vol. 19 Issue: 2/3, pp.78-96,https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCED-12-2016-0025
11. Larbi, O. F. (2017). Development of skills and critical thinking in junior high school students towards quality basic education in Ghana.International Journal of Research Studies in Educational Technology, 6(2), 37-46. Retrieved from http://www.consortiacademia.org/index.php/ijrset/article/view/1854/797
12.Jihye, H., Larbi, F. O., & Ward, N. W. (2014).Emerging Models for Technologically-Enabled CSR: Antenatal Parent Education to Reduce Maternal and Infantile Mortality in Ghana. United Nations Global Compact-Korea
Accepted articles
1. The impartial pedagogy of Religious and Moral Education in public basic schools in Ghana. Accepted in the British Journal of Religious Education.
Courses taught to both graduate and undergraduate students
1. History of African Education -(undergraduate students)
2. Principles of education -(graduate students)
3. Educational Measurement and Assessment -(graduate students)
4. Educational Supervision and Evaluation -(graduate students)
5. English Academic Writing -(graduate students)
6. Qualitative Research Methodology -(graduate students)
7. Educational Administration -(graduate students)
8. Pre-school Education -(undergraduate students)
9. Philosophy of Education -(graduate students)
10. International perspective of the Innovation of Basic Education Pedagogy -(undergraduate students)
