Idowu Biao

Idowu Biao is a professor of Lifelong Learning at the Department of Adult Education, University of Botswana. He trained as teacher, adult educationist and journalist in both Nigeria and the United Kingdom, after an initial training in French-speaking Benin. He has been working within the university system for about a quarter of a century and has been Full Professor for more than a decade and a half. He has served as Head of Department and Ag. Dean in many universities across Africa, Deputy Director and Ag. Director, Institute of Extra-Mural Studies, National University of Lesotho, and Chair, CollegePortal of the University of Calabar, Nigeria. Professor Biao speaks and writes in both English and French languages.

Publications

Learning Cities, Town Planning, and the Creation of Livelihoods
Learning Cities, Town Planning, and the Creation of Livelihoods
Idowu Biao. © 2019. 312 pages.
As both a physical living space and emotional environment, cities impact human beings in a number of ways. These ways include but are not limited to the kinds of relationship...
Urban Planning and the Creation of Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century
Urban Planning and the Creation of Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st Century
Idowu Biao. © 2019. 17 pages.
This chapter posits that the transformation of ancient African cities into modern cities using the modernist theory of planning did more harm than good. Not only has the modern...
Learning Cities: Philosophy, History, and Experiences From Africa
Learning Cities: Philosophy, History, and Experiences From Africa
Peggy Gabo Ntseane, Idowu Biao. © 2019. 21 pages.
This chapter opens up with the suggestion that the “leaning cities” concept may well apply to ancient cities since learning has characterized life in all cities of the world...
Strategic Learning Ideologies in Prison Education Programs
Strategic Learning Ideologies in Prison Education Programs
Idowu Biao. © 2018. 307 pages.
The discipline of adult education has been vastly discussed and optimized over the years. Despite this, certain niches in this area, such as correctional education, remain...
Prison Education in Botswana Through the Eyes of Ex-Inmates
Prison Education in Botswana Through the Eyes of Ex-Inmates
Kamogelo Lopang, Idowu Biao. © 2018. 16 pages.
This chapter reports on a study completed in 2014. The study sought to find out the nature of education that the Botswana Prison Service dispenses and the utilitarian nature of...
Learning Programs or Educational Curricula for Prisons in the Twenty-First Century?
Learning Programs or Educational Curricula for Prisons in the Twenty-First Century?
Idowu Biao. © 2018. 14 pages.
This chapter states that there exists a difference between a learning program and an educational curriculum. Beneficiary-learners participate in the development, implementation...
Leadership Role of Adult Education Departments in the Practice of Adult Education in Nigeria: 1990-2010
Leadership Role of Adult Education Departments in the Practice of Adult Education in Nigeria: 1990-2010
Idowu Biao. © 2015. 28 pages.
This chapter briefly describes the challenges faced by the Nigerian education system as from 1983 after it had performed well between 1960 and 1980. It follows this description...