Teaching

Teaching & courses.

My pedagogy is learner-centred, equity-grounded, and committed to making complex assessment concepts accessible. I am a Certified Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) and Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW) facilitator, and I have taught educational assessment, statistics, and research methods across graduate, undergraduate, and K-12 settings in Canada and Ghana since 2009.

17 courses taught · 5 institutions · 2009 – present

Current

Ontario Tech University

Frazer Faculty of Education, Oshawa, Canada — Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Assessment & Evaluation.

Coming soon

Course details coming soon

David is in his first term at Ontario Tech University and will be teaching four graduate and three undergraduate courses in Assessment & Evaluation. Course codes and full syllabi will be listed here once the upcoming term schedule is finalised.

Past teaching

Courses by institution

A record of courses I have taught across six institutions in Canada and Ghana — graduate seminars, undergraduate classes, and part-time lecturing in education programmes.

Queen's University

Adjunct Assistant Professor · September – December 2025

GDE/PME 826

Using Classroom and Large-Scale Assessment Data

Queen's University · Kingston, Ontario, Canada

September – December 2025

Graduate
FOUN 100

Psychological Foundations of Education

Queen's University · Kingston, Ontario, Canada

September 2019 – May 2023

Undergraduate
FOUN 101

Foundations of Assessment

Queen's University · Kingston, Ontario, Canada

September 2019 – May 2023

Undergraduate
PROF 210

Self as Learner

Queen's University · Kingston, Ontario, Canada

September 2019 – May 2023

Undergraduate
PROF 110

Self as Teacher

Queen's University · Kingston, Ontario, Canada

September 2019 – May 2023

Undergraduate
PROF 310

Self as Professional

Queen's University · Kingston, Ontario, Canada

September 2019 – May 2023

Undergraduate

Presbyterian University College, Ghana

Assistant Professor / Lecturer · July 2017 – July 2019

PGNE 201

Educational Statistics

Presbyterian University College, Ghana

July 2017 – July 2019

Undergraduate
PGNE 301

Evaluation of Teaching and Learning (Educational Assessment)

Presbyterian University College, Ghana

July 2017 – July 2019

Undergraduate

University of Cape Coast, Institute of Education, Ghana

Assistant Professor / Lecturer (Part-Time) · 2015 – July 2019

EPS 211S

Educational Statistics

University of Cape Coast, Institute of Education, Ghana

2015 – July 2019

Undergraduate
EPS 352S

Research Methods in Education

University of Cape Coast, Institute of Education, Ghana

2015 – July 2019

Undergraduate
EPS 311S

Assessment in Education

University of Cape Coast, Institute of Education, Ghana

2015 – July 2019

Undergraduate

University of Cape Coast, College of Distance Education, Ghana

Assistant Professor / Lecturer (Part-Time) · 2016 – July 2019

EPS 111D

Psychological Foundations of Education

University of Cape Coast, College of Distance Education, Ghana

2016 – July 2019

Undergraduate
EPS 401D

Psychology of Adolescence

University of Cape Coast, College of Distance Education, Ghana

2016 – July 2019

Undergraduate
EPS 220

Educational Psychology; Measurement and Evaluation

University of Cape Coast, College of Distance Education, Ghana

2016 – July 2019

Undergraduate

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Graduate Teaching Fellow · 2016 – 2018

EPS 831

Intermediate Educational Statistics

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2016 – 2018

Graduate
EPS 853

Assessment in Schools

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2016 – 2018

Graduate
EPS 852

Research Methods in Education

University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2016 – 2018

Graduate

Before academia

Before entering academia, David taught Junior High School (Social Studies, Science, Mathematics) and Grade 6 in Breman Asikuma, Ghana, from 2009 to 2013 — at Presbyterian Junior High School and Presbyterian Primary.

Teaching credentials

Certifications

Formal teaching certifications I hold from accredited bodies.

2023 – 2024

Certified Facilitator Development Workshop (FDW) Facilitator

Instructional Skills Workshop Network, Canada

2023 – 2024

Certified Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) Facilitator

Instructional Skills Workshop Network, Canada

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