Mejai Bola Avoseh

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Harnessing adult learning and education for active citizenship and sustainable development: The quest for the African narrative. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian National Council for Adult Education, Ilesa - Nigeria. (October 10, 2023)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Intersection of gender, culture, and teachers’ professional development: The case of Nigeria . Presented at the Pre-Conference of the Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE), Lexington, KY. (October 02, 2023)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Teachers Need Teachers for Effective Service Delivery in Nigeria. Presented at the The 2023 Online Conference of Registered Teachers, Online. (August 30, 2023)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Citizenship Education & The Marrakech framework. Presented at the Pre-Conference of the Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE), Milwaukee, WI. (October 10, 2022)

Alimigbe, Frances A., Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, and , Partnership for digitizing teaching in post-COVID Nigeria: TRCN Master Trainers' digital literacy for teachers and school administrators. Presented at the Pre-Conference of the Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE), Milwaukee. (October 10, 2022)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Medagbe as Imperative for Social Justice fof OGA. Presented at the OGU GENERAL ASSEMBLY INAUGURAL SUMMIT, Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, Badagry. (May 28, 2022)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Citizenship Education and Mitakuye Oyasin as Imperatives for transforming education in a post COVID-19 Era. Presented at the The Dakota TESOL 2021 Conference “Transforming Education”, Virtual. (November 06, 2021)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Innovative Education and Exchange in the COVID Era. Presented at the 2021 Model African United Nations Conference, Ibadan, Nigeria. (August 27, 2021)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Mẹdagbe and the challenges of sustainable development in global times. Presented at the Adult Education in Global Times Research Conference 2021, Virtual - The University of British Columbia. (June 03, 2021)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Teachers as Vanguards of Equity and Inclusion in Challenging Times . Presented at the Teaching and Learning within the Context of COVID-19 and other Emergencies: Implications for Teacher Professional Development, Virtual - Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria. (January 26, 2021)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, MẸDAGBE: An indigenous African rubric for education and the pursuit of Global Common. Presented at the NCSS International Assembly (socialstudies.org) Virtual Conference, NCSS Virtual Conference: Advancing Social Justice. (December 04, 2020)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Indigenous synchronicity for learning and culture in the Age of Social “Vuvuzelas”. Presented at the A Public Fulbright Valedictory Lecture, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. (September 03, 2020)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, COVID-19, Health, and the Supernatural in an African Culture. Presented at the Family Medicine Cultural Immersion’s Speaker Day, Sioux Falls. (August 17, 2020)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, COVID-19 and the Future of Adult and Community Education in Nigeria.. Presented at the Webinar, Zoom. (May 15, 2020)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Omolúàbí: An indigenous framework for inclusive and equitable education. Presented at the The Annual International Conference of the College of Education, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria. (February 24, 2020)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, The People As Framework for Global Citizenship . Presented at the Fulbright Review/Orientation, Lagos, Nigeria. (January 09, 2020)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Fulbright Awards: International Opportunities for Adult Education Scholars. Presented at the 68th Conference of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, St. Louis, Missouri. (October 09, 2019)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, The Ubuntu narrative in enhancing social justice adult education in Sub-Saharan Africa. Presented at the International Pre-Conference of the Commission for International Adult Education, St. Louis, Missouri. (October 07, 2019)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Creating a Critical Learning Environment in Adult Learning . Presented at the Dakota Techers of English as Second Language Conference, Fargo, ND. (November 15, 2018)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, and Bauer, Michelle M., ADULT EDUCATION AND THE IMPORT OF CRITICAL THINKING IN A GLOBAL ERA OF ACCELERATED TECHNOLOGY . Presented at the Pre-Conference of the Commission for International Adult Education, Myrtle Beach, SC. (October 02, 2018)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Valdez, April, and , Liberating Education and the Challenges of Globalization and Technology. Presented at the Pre-Conference of the Commission for International Adult Education, Myrtle Beach, SC. (October 02, 2018)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Adult Learning in a Complext World: Wither South Dakota?. Presented at the Dakota Teachers of English as Second Language, Sioux Falls. (November 08, 2017)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, AKỌTẸYỌN AND OJÚ ỌRUN: INDIGENOUS AFRICAN METAPHORS FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. Presented at the Pre-Conference of the Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE), OF aaace., memphis, TN. (October 31, 2017)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, The Philosophical Base of Transnational education and Global Citizenship. Presented at the Fourth Annual Transnational Education and Learning Society (TELS) Conference, Athens, Ohio. (October 04, 2017)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, MEDAGBE: Ogu moral philosophy for Diaspora citizenship. Presented at the Diaspora Festival of Badagry, Badagry, Lagos, Nigeria. (August 23, 2017)

Makwinja, Layani, Newland, Lisa, Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, and Freeman, Harry, Contextual predictors of children’s subjective well-being in Botswana. Presented at the 6th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators, Montreal, Canada. (June 2017)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Ubiquitous indigenous African lifelong education as "New" foundations for sustainable development. Presented at the International Conference on Education and New Development, Lisbon - Portugal. (June 2017)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Gendering from the Periphery: A transcultural Perspective on American Indian and Ogu Indigenous Women . Presented at the 2017 Bi-Ennial International Conference : Gender & Security, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. (May 17, 2017)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Changkuoth , Gatchay K., Zongo, Prosper , and , Political and Cultural Challenges of transnational terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa. Presented at the Third Annual International Conference on Transnational Education and Learning, The University of Memphis. (October 06, 2016)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Diversity and Equity in Education: The Dialectics of Modernity and African Tradition. Presented at the XVI World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (August 22, 2016)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Repositioning Adult Education with Indigenous Synchronicity and Without the Vuvuzelas of Globalization: The Framework of BỌM. Presented at the World Conference on Adult Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. (August 12, 2016)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, The Art and Craft of Interactive Teaching and Learning in Indigenous Pedagogies. Presented at the 33rd, International Conference OF WACRA, Pontifica Universidad Cat, Lima, Peru. (July 05, 2016)

Schaap, Ben, Avoseh , Mejai Bola: Mejai., and , An Educator's Effect on Adult Learners' Creative Insight. Presented at the 65th American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Albuquerque. (January 2016)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Enriching the Landscape of International Adult Learning through Circular Rubrics. Presented at the AAACE 2016 Annual Conference, Albuquerque. (January 2016)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Botho and the revolutions in transnational adult learning. Presented at the The American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) 64th Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (November 18, 2015)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Dakota Diversity and the Linear-Holistic Challenge: The Metaphor of Abomi Sénu Fénά. Presented at the Closer Connections Conference of Dakota Teachers of English as Second Language, Sioux Falls, SD. (November 10, 2015)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Botho, Ọmọlúὰbí, and Mẹdagbe (BỌM) as Frameworks for Transnational Education. Presented at the 2nd Annual International Conference on Transnational Education and Learning, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio,. (October 02, 2015)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Critical transnational pedagogy (CTP): Toward a critical theory of transnational education and learning.. Presented at the International Conference of the Transnational Education and Learning Society (TELS), Athens, Ohio. (October 02, 2015)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Botswana’s Kgotla: A Viable Addition to the Dialogic Process in Adult Education. . Presented at the The American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AACE) 63rd Annual Conference, Charleston, South Carolina. (November 04, 2014)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Botho: Botswana’s Indigenous Power for Humanizing the “Vuvuzelas” of Globalization. . Presented at the International Pre-Conference, Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE), Charleston, South Carolina. (November 03, 2014)

Modise, O., and Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Balancing the “local” and the “global” through transnational education: The Case of the University of Botswana. . Presented at the First international conference on transnational education and learning, Milwaulkee. (September 29, 2014)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Putting indigenous Africa back into educational development in Africa: An exploration of cultural and traditional frameworks. Presented at the Association of Educational Development in Africa, 2014 IJEDA Symposium, Rustenburg, South Africa. (March 02, 2014)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Exploring indigenous African epistemology as a framework for comparative education. . Presented at the XV World Congress of Comparative Education, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (June 27, 2013)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Comparing Honors and Wisdom in Indigenous African Education and in a 21st Century University Program. Presented at the The 61st Annual Conference of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE),, ), Las Vegas. (November 08, 2012)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Religious Rites and Celebrations as Frameworks for Lifelong Learning in Traditional Africa. Presented at the Pre-Conference, Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE) of the AAACE, Las Vegas, Nevada. (November 05, 2012)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, The Freirean “Andragogy” and Orality in indigenous African education: A framework for comparative education. Presented at the The 5th Conference of the International Society for Comparative Adult Education, Las Vegas, Nevada. (November 04, 2012)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, and Sternadori, Miglena, Indigenous immigrant women and the contradictions of gender re-construction. . Presented at the Women and Gender Research Conference,, The University of South Dakota. (October 20, 2012)

Reed, Kristine, and Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Partnerships for teacher capacity building. Presented at the The 56th International Council on Education for Teaching World Assembly, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast , Ghana. (July 11, 2012)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, ). Active citizenship through global learning: Exploring comparative story-telling and case studies for criticality in undergraduate education. Presented at the The 29th International Conference of World Association for Case Method Research and Application, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. (June 26, 2012)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Active citizenship through global learning: Exploring comparative story-telling and case studies for criticality in undergraduate education. Presented at the The 29th International Conference of World Association for Case Method Research and Application, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. (June 26, 2012)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, A traditional African perspective of the adult learner and adult learning in our complex world. Presented at the The 60th International Conference of American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Indianapolis. (November 02, 2011)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Proversbs as Foundations for Lifelong Learning in Indigenous African Education. Presented at the Pre-Conference of the Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE) of the 60th International Conference of American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Indianapolis. (October 31, 2011)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, , and , The Challenges of Riasing an Ideal African Family in America. Presented at the Pre-Conference of the Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE) of the 60th International Conference of American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), Indianapolis. (October 31, 2011)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, An African Wand for Seeing the "Invisible". Presented at the Closer Connections Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. (October 2011)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Connecting Traditional Family Dynamics to Acculturation in America. Presented at the Closer Connections Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. (October 2011)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, and Kaufman, Roberta, Putting Paulo Freire in ELL/Learning Disabilities Classrooms. Presented at the Closer Connections Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. (October 2011)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, REDUCING “DISTANCE” IN DISTANCE EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANISTIC CONSIDERATIONS: THE CASE OF A UNIVERSITY. Presented at the 28th International Conference on CASE METHOD, Research, Application, Case Writing, Interactive Methods., Dublin, Ireland. (June 26, 2011)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Study- Abroad as Learning to Serve and Serving to Learn: Building active global citizens through Study-Abroad. Presented at the International Conference on Study Abroad, Service-Learning, and Sustainability, Brookings. (May 14, 2011)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Service learning and sustainability as community empowerment. . Presented at the International Conference on Study Abroad, Service-Learning, and Sustainability, Brookings, SD. (May 12, 2011)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, , Dakar, Senegal. (December 30, 2010)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Some Fundamental Questions on Global Learning and Global Transformation. Presented at the The 59th International Conference of AAACE, Clearwater Beach. (October 27, 2010)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Adult Educational and Moral Powers of Women in Indigenous Africa. Presented at the International Adult Education Pre-Conference, the Commission for International Adult Education, Clearwater Beach, Florida.. (October 25, 2010)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, The Languages and Related Imperatives of Teaching and. Presented at the Great Plains Conference on Teaching in the Social Sciences, Vermillion. (October 09, 2010)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, The Black Race in a Globalized World: Impacts, Challenges & Opportunities. Presented at the 1st. Global Conference on Black Nationalities, Oshogbo, Nigeria. (August 24, 2010)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Ideas from Indigenous African Education for Adult Education and Community Development in the 21st Century. Presented at the AAACE 58th International Conference, Cleveland, OH. (November 06, 2009)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Paulo Freire’s Conscientization and the Challenges of 21st Century Adult Education.. Presented at the Pre-Conference, Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the AAACE 58th International Conference, Cleveland, OH. (November 02, 2009)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Andragogy in K-12 and Adult education Classrooms. Presented at the Dakota TESL Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. (October 02, 2009)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Employing African 'Philosophy' In Humanizing Teaching And Learning In A Global Environment. Presented at the The 26th International Conference on Case Method Research and Application, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. (June 28, 2009)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Fostering Participatory Development through Academic Engagement . Presented at the 43rd Annual National Community Education Association (NCEA) Conference, Dallas, Texas. (November 06, 2008)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, and Schamp, Ryan, Dewey, Freire and self-direction in 21st century college classrooms. Presented at the Great Plains Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Vermillion. (October 18, 2008)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Narrating African dreams in English utilizing adult education and cultural awareness. Presented at the Dakota TESL 2008 Conference, Bismarck, ND. (October 09, 2008)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Educational and related powers of women in pre-colonial Africa.. Presented at the Women and Power Conference, Vermillion. (October 04, 2008)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, A cross-cultural comparison of fighting poverty through education and participatory development. Presented at the 25th International Conference on Case Method Research and Application, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland. (June 29, 2008)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Combining Pragmatism and Conscientization to Empower Adult Learners to Achieve their Best. Presented at the Missouri Valley Adult Education Association Conference,, Kansas City, MO. (June 04, 2008)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Using adult education methods to engender closer connections between ESL teachers and learners. Presented at the Dakota TESL Closer Connections Conference, Sioux Falls. (October 04, 2007)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, The symmetrical relationship between learning and communities in traditional Africa.. Presented at the Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in Education of Adults (SCUTREA),, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (July 04, 2007)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, and Gosmire, Doreen, Blending behaviorism and humanistic perspectives to create unique learning experiences. Presented at the First Great Plains Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Vermillion. (April 28, 2007)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Changing ecology of adult education and the imperatives of Freire’s critical consciousness. Presented at the Missouri Valley Adult Education Association Annual Conference, Bloomington, MN. (April 19, 2007)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Eduard Lindeman and the cultural ends of adult education. Presented at the Missouri Valley Adult Education Association Annual Conference, Bloomington, MN. (April 18, 2007)

Zhang, Ling, and Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Dismantling cultural silence in ESL. Presented at the Iowa Culture and Language Conference, Des Moines. (February 19, 2007)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, ). An Invitation to Re-Celebrate Humanistic Adult Education with Grundtvig, Lindeman and Freire. Presented at the The 55th American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Milwaukee. (November 08, 2006)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, and Soka, John, Julius Nyerere and Adult Education for Development: Revisiting the Ujamaa. Presented at the The 55th American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Milwaukee. (November 07, 2006)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Adult Education and Religious Literacy. Presented at the Pre Conference of the Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the 55th American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Milwaukee. (November 06, 2006)

Lu, Jui-hsiang, Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, and , A Comparison of Paradigm Shifts in Continuing Education Programs and Practices at a Selected University in Taiwan and a University in the United States. Presented at the Pre Conference of the Commission on International Adult Education of the 55th American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Milwaukee. (November 06, 2006)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, A Comparative Review of Lifelong Learning in Traditional African and Native American Indigenous Education. Presented at the 4th Conference of the International Society for Comparative Adult Education, Bamberg University, Germany. (September 29, 2006)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Without Genealogy: A Search for the Unwritten History of Adult Education in Traditional Africa. Presented at the 11th International Conference on the History of Adult Education, Bamberg University, Germany. (September 26, 2006)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Repositioning Adult Education for 21st Century South Dakota. Presented at the Missouri Valley Adult Education Association Annual Conference,, Fargo, ND. (April 26, 2006)

Lu, J.H., and Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Cross-Cultural Experiences of Learning and Teaching Adult ESL/EFL. Presented at the Iowa Culture and Language Conference (ICLC), Des Moines. (February 16, 2006)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Teaching American Adult Learners in the Age of Globalization. Presented at the Iowa Culture and Language Conference (ICLC), Des Moines. (February 16, 2006)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Searching for the Clientele of Adult Education in South Dakota. Presented at the 54th National Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Conference, Pittsburgh. (November 04, 2005)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Exploring the Educational Import of Governance and Active Citizenship in Traditional Africa. Presented at the Conference on Comparative Democratic Practices,, New York. (November 04, 2005)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Gosmire, Doreen, Morrison, Marcia, and Van Osdel, Joanne, The Impact of the NCLB Act on Leadership Styles of Female Administrators: A Study of Select States of the Midwest. Presented at the 19th Annual Women in Educational Leadership Conference, Lincoln. (October 09, 2005)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Morrison, Marcia, and Gosmire, Doreen, Paulo Freire and the Jigsaw Puzzles of online education. Presented at the 4th Annual Beyond Boundaries Conference: Integrating Technology into Teaching and Learning, Grand Faulks. (October 06, 2005)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Gosmire, Doreen, Morrison, Marcia, and Van Osdel, Joanne, The impact of the NCLB act on leadership styles of femal administrators: A study of select states in the midwest. Presented at the Annual conference of Women in Educational leadership, Lincoln, NE. (October 2005)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, Gosmire, Doreen, Morrison, Marcia, and Van Osdel, Joanne, Paulo Frieire and the jigsaw puzzlies of online educationa. Presented at the Beyond Boundaries: Integrating technology into teaching and learning, Grand Forks, ND. (October 2005)

Avoseh, Mejai Bola Mike, The Power of Voice: An Analysis of Dialogue as a Method in Both Elementary and Adult Education. Presented at the 8th International Conference of the Academy for Creative Teaching, San Juan Puerto Rico. (January 05, 2005)

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