Abena Okyerewa Siaw
Designation
Programmes Coordinator
Staff Grade
Lecturer
Department
Department of Fashion Design and Textiles
Faculty
Faculty of Creative Arts and Technology
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Abena Okyerewa Siaw is a Lecturer at the Department of Fashion Design and Textile Studies, FCAT, KsTU. She has over a decade of experience in teaching, research and administrative functions at the tertiary level. She has an extensive experience in the field of education, having taught in early childhood, primary school and high school for years before focusing on higher education. she holds a Bachelor’s degree (Hon) in Integrated Rural Art and Industry; a  Master's of Art degree in Art Education; and a Master's in Textile Designing all from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).   She is currently pursuing her PhD in Fashion Design and Technology from KNUST. Over the years, Abena has excellently participated in a number of important short courses to boast the performance of her duties both in terms of teaching and management purposes. These include an Executive Certificate in Business Administration (eCBA) Credit Risk Management as an elective from the Graduate School of Governance and Leadership, an Advanced Certificate in Fashion as a Private Candidate from Koforidua Technical in; Diploma in Education, a Competency-Based Training Methodology option from University of Education Winneba-Kumasi Campus (COLTEK) now the Appiah -Menka University of Education University of Skills and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED), FacilatatingOnline-2022-2 by University of Cape Town.

She has worked on committees at the Department and Faculty levels. She acted as an assistant department examination Officer, Fashion. Design & Textiles Studies and then took over officially from then. She was promoted to the Faculty Examinations Officer due to her dedication, objectivity and meticulous way of attending to examination issues. For her hard work and dedication, she became the Faculty examinations Officer for Diploma and Non-Tertiary, IDLCE, KsTU. Currently, she is the Acting Programmes Coordinator, at FCAT, KsTU where among other duties she facilitates courses in Millinery and Accessories Production, Beading and other fashion-related courses.  Her research interest covers fashion sustainability, textile design, Product Development Processes, Art Education, particularly Teaching, Learning and Student Achievement in Visual Arts and Vocational Education Training, Accessories Production, Beads and Bead Artistry. She is able to multi-task and likes to read, teach, mentor and counsel students. Prior to joining the Department of Fashion Design and Textile Studies, FCAT, KsTU she worked with the National Youth Council now National Youth Authority in Kumasi as a service personnel offering training for the informal sector and the Ghana Education Service as a teacher in Textiles Studies at O'Reilly Senior High School, Accra.

  • MFA (Textile Design)  - 2017
  • MA (Art Education)  - 2009
  • BA Integrated Rural Art and Industry  - 2006
  • Diploma in Education _ Competency Based Training Methodology  -  2019
  • Facilitating Online: FO2022-2, emergeafrica.net, University of Cape Town  - 2022
  • Advanced Certificate in Fashion   - 2016
  • Executive Certificate in Business Administration (eCBA) Credit Risk Management  -  2010

Member-Institute of Textiles and Fashion Professionals (ITFP)

  • Fashion, and Sustainability
  • Surface Textile Design, Textile Art and Soft Furnishing.
  • Millinery and Accessories Production and it Industry-related matters.
  • Beadwork and Bead Artistry, Sustainable practices of Artisans and practitioners.
  • Teaching, Learning and Student Achievement in Visual Arts and Vocational Education Training
  • Gender Equality and Women Empowerment
  • Millinery and Accessories Production
  • Beading, 
  • Clothing Management Technology,
  • Culture and Costume,
  • History of Fashion. Clothing Manufacturing Processes and Tools and Equipment Technology
  • CBT PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT, Quality Editing Team (Bead Making)
  •  CBT PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT, Artefact Designing (Beading-Jewellery: HND (Learning Material and Assessment Instrument)
  • CBT PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT, Artefact
  • Designing (Bead Making: NP I, NP II, NC I, NC II

(Occupational Standard Development)

  •  CBT PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT, Artefact Designing (Beading-Jewellery: HND (Occupational Standard Development)
  •  CBT PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT, Artefact Designing (Bead Making, Learning Material and Assessment Instrument Writing): NCII, NC I NPII & NPI
  •  VALIDATION OF OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS, Artefact Designing (Bead Making and Jewellery & Beading): HND, NC II, NC I NPII & NPI.
  • Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Workshop (2018). Weber

 Transforming Education: Governments, Universities and Communities.

  • International Conference on Education, Development and Innovation (INCEDI), 2017.
  • Training of the Trainees (2016), by NBSSI - Rural Enterprise Project to Train it, Facilitators.
  •  Kumasi Symposium: Tapping local Resources for Sustainable Education through Art (2009). KNUST 
  •  2nd Postgraduate conference by the Graduate Students Association (2009), KNUST. Theme:

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Research and Networking as Essential Tools.

10th Inter-colleges conference by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2008). Theme: “The Role of Science and Technology Education in the 21st Century”.

Workshop on electronic learning by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2008).

  • Ayesu, S.M., Asare, T.O., Siaw, A.O., Nyarko, M.O., Howard, E.K., Kansanba, R.F., & Asare, K. (2020), An Integrated Concept to 3D Innovations in Garment Manufacture, International Journal of Fashion & Textile Engineering ISSN Online 2641-760x
  •  Opoku-Asare, N.A.A. & Siaw, A.O. (2016). Curricula and Inferential /factors That Affect Student Achievement in Rural, Urban and PEri-Urban Senior High Schools in Ghana: Evidence From the Visual Arts Program. DOI: 10.1177/2158244016661747. SAGE Open. July-September 2016: 1-13.
  •  Opoku-Asare, N.A.A. & Siaw, A.O. (2015). Rural-Urban Disparity in Students’ Academic Performance in Visual Arts Education: Evidence from Six Senior High Schools in Kumasi, Ghana. SAGE Open. October-December 2015:1-14. DOI: 10.1177/2158244015612523.
  •  Siaw, A. O., Nortey, S., & Bodjawah, E. K. (2013). Teaching and Learning of Visual Arts in   Senior High Schools in Rural and Urban Settings in Ghana, International Journal of Technology and Management Research, 2, 67-75.
  •  Okai-Mensah, C. K.  Opoku-Asare, N.A.A. & Siaw, A.O. (2017). The state of textiles education in Senior High Schools in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. Transforming Education: Governments, Universities and Communities. International Conference on Education, Development and Innovation (INCEDI), 28-29 August 2017.