It's barely two more days to the kickoff of the long awaited Google CS4HS 2015 Workshop that will running for one week (24th-28th August) at the Nigerian Turkish Nile University, Abuja, Nigeria. We indeed can boast of a very impressive list of speakers who are ready to give their all for the participants. I believe without a shadow of doubt that it will be the best workshop anyone can attend this 2015. We have relaxed on the rules a little bit. Earlier on we tied it down to only Secondary School teachers but due to the volume of genuine requests that came in from Non-Secondary School teachers who are active in STEM and CS initiatives, we decided to relax the rule a little bit and get such people involved.
So if this describes you and you haven't yet filled the online registration form, please endeavor to do so before Sunday evening. With that said, I'll like to introduce to you our third speaker, Mr. Fashina A. Adebayo, an Education Consultant and soon to be PhD holder. Who is this great man?
FASHINA, A. ADEBAYO BIO
FASHINA, A. Adebayo is a young
professional researcher, educator and education consultant with over four years
of significant experience working on child education, science research and
capacity building at various levels of education. As an Education Consultant
for Comprehensive Educational Consult, he conducts teachers’ training and
evaluation exercises that help teachers and students identify their strengths
and weaknesses. This allows him to adequately provide the teachers and students
with the necessary counseling services that include teaching techniques,
learning abilities, educational objectives and college choices.
He has also conducted training workshops and seminars, given
speeches/talks/presentations to various audience types on innovative approaches
to teaching and class management etc. He is presently a consultant to Voluntary
Service Organization (VSO): a UK based International Non-governmental
Organization that is presently intervening in the education of Nigerian
students in the rural area across the 37 states in Nigeria.
From
2012 to 2015, Adebayo worked as a Researcher/Graduate Teaching Assistant for
African University of Science and Technology where he served as a Member of the
Editorial Board of A-MRS AUST Chapter and as a Committee Member & Volunteer
Fellow of the A-MRS STEM club and Girl in Science and
Engineering (GISE) group. His research interests include innovative
approaches to teaching, learning abilities, female education, educational
planning, solar energy materials, Si-MEMS structures, and organic electronic
devices. He has published articles in national and international journals
including the Journal of Materials Research, Journal of Applied Physics and Perspective
on Global Development and Technology.
He
is also a Professional Member of the Institute of Planning, Nigeria. He is
proficient in communication, organization, child mentoring, the use of social
media outlets, and the use of Microsoft Office packages such as MS Word, MS
Excel, and MS Power point. Adebayo received the B.Tech. degree in
Physics/Electronics from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria
in 2008, the M.Sc. degree in Theoretical Physics and a Certificate in Business
Innovation from the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja,
Nigeria in 2011 and he is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Theoretical and
Applied Physics at the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja,
Nigeria.
He will be speaking on Enhancing the learning abilities of students via innovative teaching approaches.
