TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME: RACHAEL OLATOUN OKUNUGA

POSITION: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR                                    SPECIALISATION: Chemistry Education

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

1. Personal Statement

       I am a researcher and professional teacher trainer with special interest in curriculum and instruction, skills acquisition, ICT in teaching and learning and teacher professional developments. My research interests and teaching also focus on SDG 4 (Quality education), SDG 11, (Sustainable cities, and Communities). I incorporate entrepreneurship into my courses thereby stimulating entrepreneurship thinking into my students. I have over the years been engaged in various projects (national and international) involving training in-service teachers in the use of innovative approaches to teaching science. I have written modules for teaching and learning. In the course of my career as an academic, I have mentored and still mentoring many postgraduate students. I am interested in researches and collaboration that involve the use of technology in teaching science, including the practical aspects both at secondary and tertiary levels.

      2. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Member – Science Teachers’ Association of Nigeria (STAN)
• Member- American Chemical society (ACS)
• Member – Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Journal Reviewer (IHE, sage Publications)

      3.Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge 

     1.Okunuga, R. O. & Adeoye I. F., (2025). Green Chemistry Education: An Assessment of the Awareness, Knowledge, and Application among Secondary School Students in Southwest Nigeria. KIU Journal of Education (KJED), 5(1), Kampala International University, Uganda.

     2.Okunuga, R. O., (2025). Influence of Information and Communication Technology on Science Undergraduate Students’ Academic Performance and 21st-century Skills Acquisition. Nigerian Online Journal of Educational Sciences and Technology (NOJEST), 7 (2), 1-10. University of Lagos, Lagos.

     3.Okunuga, R. O., & Adeleke, S. B., (2024). Collaborative Classrooms: the impact of peer instruction on secondary school students learning outcomes in chemistry. Journal of Educational Sciences, 8 (4), 611-623. FKIP-Universitas Riau, Penkabaru, Indonesia.

      4.Akanbi, A. A., Okunuga, R. O. (2023). A Path-Analytic study of students’ academic motivation on achievement of secondary school students in chemistry. Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 14(1), 125-138. University of Ilorin, Ilorin

      5.Okunuga, R. O., Ojo O. T., Okafor N. P. (2022) Impact of virtual chemistry laboratory software (vcls) and gender on the acquisition of practical skills in acid-base titration among secondary school students. Nigerian Online Journal of Educational Sciences and Technology (NOJEST), 4 (2), 22-30. .

     4. Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

     i..OGSTEP / New Jersey Centre of Learning, USA

     ii.omolabake Temilade Ojo, University of Lagos

     iii.Abdulsalam I. Galadima, Ahamadu Bello University, Zaria.

     iv.Ikeoluwa Adeoye, Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo