Biography and expertise

Biography

Philip Saagyum Dare is a researcher in the Faculty of Education. His work explores the intersections of educational leadership, culture, and social justice, with a focus on re-imagining leadership in early childhood and basic education through Freirean critical pedagogy. His PhD, Context within Context: Towards a New Understanding of Headteacher Leadership Enactment in Ghana’s Early Childhood Education, advances a relational and context-responsive understanding of leadership in the Global South.

Philip's work contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Source: Scopus

Philip’s research spans critical leadership studies, education for sustainable development, and child development. His publications appear in leading journals such as Educational Management Administration & Leadership (Q1, IF: 2.7), Sustainability (Q1, IF: 3.3), International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (Q1, IF: 3.0), Journal of Educational Administration and History (Q2, IF: 1.8), Frontiers in Psychology (Q2, IF: 2.6).

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Honours

Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education and Care
University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, 25 July 2014

Organisational affiliations

Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Southern Cross University

Education

Master in Preschool Education
2016–2019, Master Degree, Northeast Normal University (China, Changchun) - NENU