Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education (ASSED)

Dr. Afolabi OLUBELA

B.Sc. (Ed) (Ogun), M.Ed, Ph.D (Ibadan)
NCE, CCM, Cert & Dip (Compt/An) (Lagos)
afolabi.olubela@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng
+234(0)903-422-3050
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9698-327X
https://oou-ng.academia.edu/AFOLABIOLUBELA
Google scholar citation: 61; h index: 5; i10-index:

Dr Ramoni Afolabi Olubela serves as the current Head, Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education (ASSED), Faculty of Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. He holds a BSc. Ed from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye and M. Ed, PhD from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He has acquired many computer, research, and data analysis trainings. Dr Olubela has served in various capacities such as Sub-Dean (Undergraduates) of the Faculty of Education, Departmental Examination Officer (DEO) of ASSED and member of Accreditation, Quality Assurance and University’s Hostel and Students’ Welfare Committees, and a Member of the Management Board of OOU-International School; amongst others.

He is an expert in Social Studies, Civics/Citizenship Education, Curriculum/Pedagogy, Entrepreneurship, Educational Research & Data Analysis. He has acquired the requisite university teaching and administrative experience and contributed to academic knowledge through about 40 academic papers published in learned local and international journals. He has also participated in many notable local and international conferences. In October 2018, he received the prestigious award of Excellence in Research Impact for Entrepreneurship Development by The Entrepreneurship & Empowerment Initiative of Nigeria (TEEIN) in Lagos.

Dr Olubela is a blend of public, private and corporate sectors with over twenty-five years of working experience. He has taught at all levels of education, spanning Nursery/Primary, Secondary, College of Education, and University. Before joining the services of Olabsis Onabanjo University in 2015, he was the former Director of Studies at the School of Entrepreneurship, Lagos; the Lead Consultant of Spark Consults Nigeria & United Kingdom, Demybis Nigeria Limited and Associate Consultant, Bela Livinggate Nigeria Limited, as a Management and Business Strategist.

His scholarly research interest spans through deployment of innovative instructional strategies and pedagogies such as group learning, concept-mapping, peer-study, reflective discourse, constructivist teaching, System Approach to Instruction (SAI) and mediated teaching for effective teaching and learning. He has also addressed issues and challenges of African youths and women’s participation in politics, deepening civic/citizenship rights and righting the wrongs in

our political governance. He has also researched into variables such as teachers’ competencies and variables such as students’ age, gender, learning styles, motivation, Family Socio-Economic Status and School Location as it affect Nigerian and African schools. He posited Entrepreneurship and vocational training as the panacea to the multi-dimensional poverty and gross unemployment among Nigerian and African youths and the populace.

As the current Acting Head of Department, Dr Olubela provides quality and pragmatic leadership for both academic and non-teaching staff and students. He is bringing requisite exposure and experiences of the public and corporate sectors into academia by initiating cutting-edge research in curriculum, pedagogies, socio-cultural realities and teaching effectiveness, thereby enhancing community-oriented programmes and projects, while consolidating the infrastructural development of the department for the optimal benefits of the students and university community at large.

Recent Publications

1. Olubela, R. A. and Iyunade, O. (2025). The Impact of Mediated Teaching on Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in Social Studies: A Study in Ogun State, Nigeria. Journal of Pedagogy and Education Science (JPES), 4(01), 104–114.
2. Olubela, A. and Iyunade, O. (May, 2025). Community Dispositions to undergraduates’ social media addiction and poor study habit as correlates of undergraduates’ low achievement in Ogun State. Journal of Pedagogy and Education Science (JPES).
3. Adeboye, B and Olubela, R. A. (2024). Entrepreneurship. Innovation, Job Creation, Business Education and Link Programmes. 2nd Edition. Ago-Iwoye: Bela Livinggate Nigeria Limited. ISBN:978-978-909-739-5
4. Olubela, R. A. and Iyunade, O. O. (2024). Social risk factors and effects of hook-ups and promiscuous sexual behaviours among female undergraduates in Ogun State. Journal of African Social Studies (JASS), 5(2), 253-267.
5. Iyunade, O. T. and Olubela, R. A. (2024). Gender Differentials in Students’ Perceptions of the Implementation of Vocational Education Programme in Nigerian Secondary Schools. Journal of African Social Studies (JASS), 5(2), 268-283.
6. Olubela, A. (2023). Nigerian Women’s Participation in Politics: Historical and Social Acceptance Issues. African Social Science Review: 12(1), 31-41. Publication of Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University, Houston, United State of America. https://digitalscholarship.tsu.edu/assr/vol12/iss1/5.
7. Ogunyemi, B., Ifegbesan, A., Benedict, H.T, Ogunsanya, A. O, Iyunade, O.T. Olubela, A., Itasanmi, B. and Edewor, K. (2022). Knowledge, Perceptions and Readiness of Nigeria’s Beginning Teachers for Sustainability Education. Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability. 24(2), 180-194. Publication of UNESCO-Chair on the interplay of Tradition and Innovation in Education for Sustainable Development, Daugavpils University, Latvia, Europe. https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2022-0024
8. Olubela, R. A. (2021). Family Socio-Economic Status, School Location and Students’ Eco-Friendly Knowledge, Attitude and Practices in Nigeria. Journal of Education in Black Sea Region. 6(2), 174-185. Publication of the International Black Sea University LLC, Tbilisi, Georgia. https://doi.org/10.31578/jebs.v6i2.241
9. Olubela, A. and Ogunsanya, A. (2020). Motivation, Students’ Engagement and Civic Education Achievement of Secondary School Students in Agbowo Community, Ibadan. International Journal of New Trends in Educational Planning and Administration. 1 (2), 134-146.
10. Adebanjo, A. and Olubela, A. (2020). Classroom Learning Through System Approach to Instruction (SAI): Implications for Teaching Effectiveness. International Journal of New Trends in Educational Planning and Administration. 1 (2), 147-161.
11. Olubela, A. (2020). Deepening the Teaching Effectiveness of Human Rights Education Through a Transformative Learning Perspective. Journal of African Social Studies. 1(2), 40-54.
12. Olubela, A. and Ajiboye, R. O. (2020). Social Impacts of Motivation and Group Cohesiveness on University Workers’ Performance in Southwest Nigeria. International Journal of Multi-Disciplinary in Educational Research and Development. 1(3), 64-78.

Academic staff

Prof. Abiodun OGUNYEMI
Professor of Curriculum Development, Social Studies and Citizenship Education & Geography Education ogunyemi.abiodun@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng Orcid id: 0000-0002-72472176 Google Scholar citations: 367; h-index 9, i10-index 9 (+234-8055475878)

Prof. Adejoke Victoria JIBOWO
Professor of Language, Language Education and Communication
jibowo.adejoke@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng Orchid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8895-6071
Google Scholar Citations: 46, h-index: 4; -index:1 (+234)

Professor S. A. Oluwayomi OLADUNJOYE
Professor of Language Education
Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL)
TESOL Teacher Trainer
yomidunjoye@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng Orchid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3993-6725
Google Scholar Citations: 46, h-index:3; i10-index: (+2347061555009)

Prof. Ayodeji Peter IFEGBESAN
Professor of Social Studies and Environmental Sustainability Education
ifegbesan.ayodeji@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng Orchid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0326-6483
Google Scholar Citations: 1059; h-index:13; i10-index:15 (+234 8058877462)

Dr. Olufunmilayo Toyin IYUNADE.
Reader: Adult Education – Community Development. iyunade.funmi@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng. Orcid ID: 0000-0001-6198-5809. Google Scholar Citations; 65. h – index:4, i10- index:2 +2348056065654.

Dr. Ogunsanya Adeola OLADELE
Senior Lecturer ( Social Studies Education)
Orcid ID: 0000-0001-7615-4880
Citations: 23, h- index: 4, ilo- index: (08167820103)

Dr. Odizuru ITEOGU
Senior Lecturer (French Education)
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6804-9076
Citations: 3, h- index: 1, i10-index: (+2348055353809).

Dr. Kehinde Omolara EDEWOR
Lecturer II (Economics Social Studies, Gender Studies and Environmental Education)
edewor.kenny@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng Orcid 0000-0001-5129-2574
(+2348037733773)

Dr. Deborah Oreoluwa Adebola
Lecturer II (Economics & Curriculum Studies)
adebola.deborah@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng Orcid ID: 0009-0007-2948-4132; Google Scholar Citations: 134; h-index: 3; i10-index: 1 (+234 8138464908)

Mrs Abisola Bukola Adedoyin
Lecturer II, (Language Education – French
adedoyin.abisola@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng Orcid ID:0000-0002-1741-968X; (+234 7033009648)

Mr. David K. AYINDE
Lecturer II (Language Education – Yorùbá )
ayinde.david@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-4139-6569 (+2347037358256)

Mr. Oluseun Fatai LAWAL
Assistant Lecturer(Language Education)
lawal.oluseun@oouagoiwoye.edu.ng
Orcid ID: 0000-0001-6403-219X
Google Scholar Citations: 28, h-index: 3, i10-index: 1 (07055543374).