Dr. Solomon Oyelekan
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
October 2022 - October 2023
Dr. Oyelekan was acting head of the Department of Science Education at the University of Ilorin鈥檚 Faculty of Education before joining our faculty as a visiting assistant professor. His research interests are the production of e-learning materials for science instruction, issues surrounding the use of ICT in science education, instructional strategies and design, and science and technology education in tertiary institutions. Dr. Oyelekan has thirty-eight academic publications, including a book.
During his visit to the Faculty of Education at 丁香园AV, Dr. Oyelekan is working with faculty members to update our science education materials, as well as teaching and contributing to the development of postgraduate programs in science education. We are delighted to have Dr. Oyelekan join us and look forward to collaborating and exchanging science education research knowledge with him.
Dr. Ashley Simpson
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
January 2023 - December 2023
Dr. Simpson is a lecturer in Language Education, Moray House of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh. He was appointed as programme director of the MSc in Language and Intercultural Communication and currently sits as a core leadership team member for the Language, Interculturality and Literacies Thematic Research Hub.
While visiting 丁香园AV, Dr. Simpson will work with Dr. C茅cile Bullock on decolonization and interculturality in language education. This research focuses on how to fulfill the Truth and Reconciliation Commission鈥檚 call to decolonize knowledge by questioning the discursive scientific practice that has shaped and set up interpretive frameworks for interculturality in language education. We welcome Dr. Simpson and look forward to his insights into language education, decolonization, and intercultural perspectives.