Prof. James Samuel
Oladunjoye Oludotun

Professor James Samuel Oladunjoye OLUDOTUN was born on September, 1943 and hails from Ilesha in Ilesha East Local Government Area of Osun State.

Professor Oludotun graduated B. Sc. Physics Education from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife in 1976 after an NCE from the College of Education, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos in 1971. He had his Master’s degree in Physics Education from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan in 1981 and holds a Ph.D. degree in Science Education (Programme Evaluation) from the International Centre for Educational Evaluation (ICEE), University of Ibadan, Ibadan in 2001. He later obtained M.Sc. degree in Physics (Solar Energy) from the Lagos State University, Ojo in 2014.

After his first degree in 1976, he joined the Federal Ministry of Education and was posted to Ijebu-Jesha Teacher Training College, Ijebu-Jesha. But by 1977, he was posted to the Federal Government Girls College, New –Bussa, Kwara State. He moved to the Comparative Education Study and Adaptation Centre CESAC), University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos in 1983. He later moved to the employment of the Correspondence and Open Study Institute (COSIT), now Distance Learning Institute (DLI), University of Lagos, in 1990, where he rose to the position of Deputy Director in 2001, and retired on 19^th September 2008. He then joined the Crawford University, Faith City, Igbesa, Ogun State in October, 2008 on contract appointment and became a Professor of Science Education (Physics Education) in 2017, having held many positions of responsibility including those of Acting Head of Department, Acting Dean, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Acting Director of Quality Assurance and Training Unit and Dean, Postgraduate School.

Professor Oludotun had teaching experience at secondary and tertiary education levels in Nigeria and Zambia; and experience in research and curriculum development at all levels of education in Nigeria. He is a member of many professional associations including the Science Teachers Association Nigeria (STAN), Nigeria Institute of Physics (NIP) and the Curriculum Organization of Nigeria (CON); he has made valuable contributions to Nigeria education with over 56 publications to his credit.

He is married to Mrs Oluyemi Oludotun both are blessed with four children.