25 years of classroom and student-support experience
Adolescent development
Martha Okagbare
Guidance, Counselling & Adolescent Development Lead
Guidance and counselling professional and educator with 25 years of experience in adolescent development, student wellbeing, and educational research.
Martha Okagbare is a guidance and counselling professional and educator with over 25 years of experience in adolescent development, student wellbeing, and educational research.
Bio
Martha Okagbare is a guidance and counselling professional and educator with over 25 years of experience supporting students across areas of development, behaviour, wellbeing, and education.
Her work sits at the intersection of guidance and counselling, adolescent development, and educational research, with a strong focus on understanding the social and psychosocial factors that shape young people’s learning and behaviour.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Guidance and Counselling from the Department of Psychology, a Bachelor’s Degree in Education (English), and a Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE).
Martha’s postgraduate research examined social media use, parenting styles, and moral behaviour among senior secondary school students in Rivers East Senatorial District of Rivers State. She also brings experience in research methodology, questionnaire-based research, instrument development, classroom practice, and data interpretation.
At SILT
At SILT, Martha supports the development of age-appropriate research instruments, interpretation of adolescent behavioural and psychosocial issues, participant engagement, student wellbeing, and safeguarding considerations in studies involving young people.
Selected Experience
Experience that informs the work.
Postgraduate research involving senior secondary school students
Experience in adolescent behaviour, development, wellbeing, and social influences
Experience in questionnaire development and data interpretation
Research updates
Martha Okagbare’s published work in progress.
Published weekly updates will appear here once the current case study begins.
