Charles Deodat Otami

Lecturer, & Department Registration and Examinations Officer, University of Cape Coastper ORCID

Publishing since 2009, latest 2025

Education
Safety Research
Computer Networks and Communications
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Gender Studies
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

In their own words

teacher education in global south
policy and practice of education
science educa

Publications: 92009–2025
Citations: 91to those papers
h-index: 4i10-index 2
Field-weighted impact: 2.091.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 29%2 of 7 scored papers
Open access: 86%6 of the 7 whose access is recorded

Google Scholar shows 211 citations, h-index 5 and i10-index 4 (190 citations and h-index 4 since 2021), as of October 14, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Lecturer, & Department Registration and Examinations Officer, Department of Science Education, Faculty of Science and Technology Education, College of Education StudiesUniversity of Cape Coast

Education

PhD (Science Education); MPhil (Science Education); Bachelor, Science EducationUniversity of Cape Coast

Honours, memberships and service

Finnish Centre for International Mobility Funding for Doctoral Student Mobility under the Culturally Responsive Education (CRE) Network Project, Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, Department of Teacher EdcationUniversity of Helsinki2015
Full MembershipGhana Association of Science Teachers(GAST)

Publications

9 in all

Effects of Learner-centred Instructional Approaches on Students’ Achievement in Challenging Biology Concepts: Comparing REACT and 7E Approaches
2025African Journal of Research in Mathematics Science and Technology EducationJournalSenior author3 citations10.1080/18117295.2025.2503628
PERCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE LEARNING SELF-EFFICACY IN GHANA: INSIGHTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION

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Citations received each year

PeerfordGoogle Scholar

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Education667%
Safety Research222%
Computer Networks and Communications111%
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology111%
Gender Studies111%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences111%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law111%
Molecular Biology111%
Political Science and International Relations111%

Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Education and Critical Thinking Development2
Innovative Teaching Methods2
Science Education and Pedagogy2
Diverse Educational Innovations Studies1
Education, Achievement, and Giftedness1
Education, Safety, and Science Studies1
Educational Research and Pedagogy1
Environmental Education and Sustainability1
Gender and Technology in Education1
Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research1
Global Educational Policies and Reforms1
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where they publish

African Journal of Research in Mathematics Science and Technology Education1
Education Sciences1
European Journal of Education Studies1
Ghana Journal of Education Issues and Practice (GJE)1
International Journal of Education, Learning and Development1
International Journal of Higher Education

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

4Quality education4
13Climate action1

Most cited

Teacher Education in Ghana: Policies and Practices
Journal of Curriculum and Teaching4
202055 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond
In Search of an Effective Teacher: Ghana’s Move towards Achieving Sustainable Education through Teacher Education Reforms
International Journal of Higher Education4
202016 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Diamond

Full MembershipUniversity Teachers Association of Ghana

International Full MembershipNARST worldwide organization for improving science teaching and learning through research

International Full MembershipAssociation for Science Teacher Education(ASTE)

MPhil ScholarshipNUFFIC/University of Cape Coast2007–2009

European Journal of Education Studies

Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Awareness of their Critical Thinking Abilities

2024Ghana Journal of Education Issues and Practice (GJE)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.47963/gje101864

Effect of the REACT strategy on senior high school students’ achievement in molecular genetics

2021LUMAT International Journal on Math Science and Technology EducationJournalOpen access7 citations10.31129/lumat.9.1.1418

Teacher Education in Ghana: Policies and Practices

2020Journal of Curriculum and TeachingJournalOpen accessSenior author55 citations10.5430/jct.v9n1p86

Teacher Response Model for the Management of Student Answers

2016International Journal of Education, Learning and DevelopmentJournalSenior author8 citations

Journal of Curriculum and Teaching1

LUMAT International Journal on Math Science and Technology Education1

How it can be read

86% free to read, of the 7 recorded

Diamond 5 · 56%Free to read and to publish
Gold 1 · 11%In an open-access journal
Closed 1 · 11%Behind a paywall
Unknown 2 · 22%Not recorded by the source

Teacher Response Model for the Management of Student Answers

International Journal of Education, Learning and Development

20168 citations

Effect of the REACT strategy on senior high school students’ achievement in molecular genetics

LUMAT International Journal on Math Science and Technology Education4

20217 citationsOpen access · Diamond