{"id":1588,"date":"2025-05-26T12:30:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educ.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1588"},"modified":"2025-05-26T12:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:32:49","slug":"dr-afonja-a-f","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/educ.unilag.edu.ng\/?page_id=1588","title":{"rendered":"Dr Afonja A.F."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1588\" class=\"elementor elementor-1588\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df6a059 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df6a059\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac5507e\" data-id=\"ac5507e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e14da2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e14da2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.7.4 - 31-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>TITLE (PROF\/DR\/): <strong><b>PROF.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NAME: <strong><b>ADEOLA FUNMILOLA AFONJA<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>POSITION:&nbsp;<strong><b>PROFESSOR <\/b><\/strong> SPECIALISATION<strong><b>: MANPOWER TRAINING AND<\/b><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0px;\">&nbsp;DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION<\/span><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/b><\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">EDUCATION\/TRAINING <\/span><em style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">(Begin with Bachelor\u2019s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add\/delete rows as necessary.)<\/em><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">\n<p>INSTITUTION AND LOCATION<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<p>DEGREE<\/p>\n<p><em>(if applicable)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"105\">\n<p>Completion Date<\/p>\n<p>MM\/YYYY<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"172\">\n<p>FIELD OF STUDY<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">\n<p>University of Ibadan- Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<p>B.Ed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"105\">\n<p>07\/1985<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"172\">\n<p>Adult Education\/History<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">\n<p>University of Ibadan- Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<p>M.Ed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"105\">\n<p>09\/1987<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"172\">\n<p>Adult Education<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">\n<p>University of Lagos- Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">\n<p>Ph.D.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"105\">\n<p>06\/2004<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"172\">\n<p>Adult Education<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"105\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"172\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"348\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"96\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"105\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"172\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Personal Statement<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">I am a researcher who is passionate about educating the rank and file of the workforce. I seek to make members of the labour force aware that the dynamic nature of the work environment and society at large is ever changing. To cope and sustain their personal and societal development, they must upskill, upgrade and refresh regularly. Through my research work, industry best practices are brought into the classroom to be sure that the products of the gown are fit and ready for the town. &nbsp;The aim is to bring unemployment to the barest minimum by eradicating employers&#8217; idea that graduates of the gown are unemployable and at the same time make the workforce of the nation one of the most educative in the world.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chairperson \u2013 Teaching Practice Committee, Faculty of Education<\/li>\n<li>Editor \u2013 Journal of Educational Thought<\/li>\n<li>Journal Reviewer (Global Scientific Publishing)<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Selected Most Recent Publications &nbsp;\/Contributions to Knowledge&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Ayeni, A. O., <strong><b>Afonja, A. F.<\/b><\/strong>, &amp; Faloju, J. O. (2025). Harnessing Language, Adult<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Education, and Indigenous Knowledge for Sustainable Urban Agriculture in<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Lagos. In P. Ngulube (Ed.),&nbsp;<em><i>Harnessing Indigenous Epistemologies for <\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sustainable Progress<\/i><\/em>&nbsp;(pp. 341-366). IGI Global Scientific Publishing.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/979-8-3693-8447-3.ch016\"><u>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/979-8-3693-8447-3.ch016<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Afonja, A. F<\/b><\/strong>. &amp; Iyaomolere, T. C. (2023). Assessment of Waste Recycling Literacy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;among Youth Scavengers in Lagos State, Nigeria. NMEC International Journal<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of Mass and Adult Literacy Education, 1(1), 111-125.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Makanjuola, E.A., <strong>Afonja, A.F<\/strong>., &amp; Ememe, P.I. (2023). Work Load and Job<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Satisfaction of University Staff in Lagos State, Nigeria. Journal of Continuing<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and Development Education, 3(1), 101-114.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Afonja, A. F<\/b><\/strong>. &amp; Okebiorun, J. O. (2022). The Role of Adult Education in Emergencies: &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The COVID-19 Pandemic Experience. CEPRES Journal of Science &amp; Innovative<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Studies, 3, 21-34 (Publication of CEPRES International University, Liberia)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b><\/b><strong><b>Afonja, A.F<\/b><\/strong>. (2022). Components of Communication and Effective Service Delivery &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/b><\/strong>in Open Distance Learning Programmes in Southwest, Nigeria. Jurnal of &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pendidikan Nonformal, 17(2), 66-79.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b>Collaborators\/ Networks<\/b><\/strong><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><b>(International inclusive<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>K.K. Kazeem, University of Benin, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>A.O. Ayeni, Department of Geography, UNILAG<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>A. 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