师资队伍
师资队伍
Personal profile:
A results-oriented and self-motivated young educationalist from Ghana, with working knowledge in field research, project coordination and networking. A good team player with good presentation and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to adapt to new environment, and interact with people from cross cultural backgrounds.
Basic Information：
Name: Frank Okai Larbi (Ph.D)
Date of birth: 1988-08-08
Address：
School of Education
South China Normal University
55 West Zhongshan Avenue, Tianhe District
Guangzhou 510631
Guangdong Province, PR China
Email: lof45@hotmail.com
Wechat ID: lofrank45
Contact: +8615600915802
Language:
· English Language (First Language)
· Chinese (Learning)
Core Skills:
· Motivational/Public Speaking
· Counselling
· Educational Policy Analyst
· Event organizing
· Master of ceremony (MC)
Leadership skills:
· Founder of LOFRIC Research Institute (www.lofric.net)
· 2016 – 2017: member of the Ministry of Academics in the student council of Faculty of Education
· 2013- 2014: Minister of activities and culture of international student council in Beijing Normal University (China)
· 2013- 2014: General Secretary of African students Union in Beijing Normal University
· 2007-2013: Youth leader, counsellor and supervisor of Deeper Christian Life Ministry (Ghana).
· 2010- 2011: Team Leader (Ghana Education Service), Led a team of mentees for teaching practice at Nkwantakese, a rural community in Ghana
· 2009 - 2010: General Secretary (Ofinso College of Education), organized executive meetings of the Students’ Representative Council of the college. Took minutes and kept correspondence of the students’ Executive Committee of the college
· 2009 - 2010: Protocol Prefect (Ofinso College of Education)
· Member of the Strategic Committee at the 2010 annual Teacher Training
· Association of Ghana (TTAG) Conference
Membership in international educational bodies:
· Member, Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA)
· Member, Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong (CESHK)
· Member, American Education Research Association (AERA (current member))
[1]Travel award received by the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
[2]First prize winner of the Beijing Normal University international students’ excellence award (2016-2017 academic year)
[3]A recipient of the Ming Yuan Educational Foundation research grant.
[4]Excellent international graduate student in Beijing Normal University (2015)
[5]Second prizewinner of Beijing Normal University graduate students’ excellence award (2013 - 2014)
[6]First runner up of the second Korea Global Health Award on the topic “adapting Korean prenatal health smart phone applications for use in Ghana capabilities, user expectations, and potential outcomes” organized by the Korean Society of Global Health (Nov. 2014)
[7]Grand prizewinner of United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) thesis competition at South Korea (July 2014)
[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)
Work experience:
2018/12 – date: Associate Researcher at the School of Education, South China Normal University
2019/09 – date: Adjunct lecturer 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).
2011- 2013: Educationalist (Ghana Education Service)
Head of ICT Department at Yabi Junior High School
Head of Academic Board at Yabi Junior High School
2006 - 2008: Teacher (Chrisland International School, Ghana)
Served as Head of Sports and cultural Department
Taught English Language and Mathematics in upper primary classes
Journal Articles
[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. Sustainability 2022, 14, 3743. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073743
[3]Fu, W. and Larbi, 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 Educ 80, 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
The impartial pedagogy of Religious and Moral Education in public basic schools in Ghana. Accepted in the British Journal of Religious Education.
[1]November 26th – 29th, 2021: presented at the International Strategic Research Congress, Antalya, Turkey.
[2]April 8th – 12th, 2021: presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA), USA.
[3]October 26th – 29th, 2020: presented at the International Strategic Research Congress, Antalya, Turkey.
[4]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.
[5]April 14th – 18th, 2019: paper accepted for presentation at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) at San Francisco, United States of America
[6]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 2018 Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA) at Cambodia.
[7]April 13th – 17th, 2018: paper accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) at New York, United States of America (Could not attend due to final dissertation defense).
[8]October 13 – 16, 2017: presented at the Global Teacher Education Summit (GTES) hosted by Beijing Normal University
[9]May, 2017: Presented in a forum of “Academic paper publication to MA and Ph.D students in Beijing Normal University
[10]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”.
[11]December, 2016: presented on academic writing workshop to the masters students in Beijing Normal University
[12]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)
[13]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.
[14]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.
[15]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
[16]July 1 – 3, 2014: A co-presenter at the 2nd annual UN Global Compact youth CSR conference 2014 (South Korea)
[17]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.
Seminars/webinar organized:
1. March 19, 2022: Overcoming Academic Stress and Mental Breakdown to Achieve Academic Excellence (international webinar)
2. April 8, 2021: Equipping yourself for the job market (international webinar).
3. March 31, 2021: Academic research workshop (international webinar).
4. March 29th – 31st, 2019: Personal Development; Awakening the Passion in you. Venue: South China Normal University
5. April 9th, 2019: Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking and Presentation. Venue: South China Normal University
6. May 7th, 2019: English Academic Writing Skills. Venue: South China Normal University
7. June 18th, 2019: Ignition 2019. Venue: South China Normal University
8. November 20th, 2019: English Academic Writing Skills. Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University