Dr. Ghazali Mustapha berkelulusan ijazah doktor falsafah dari University of Leicester, England dalam bidang Pengajaran Bahasa Inggeris Sebagai Bahasa Kedua (TESL) dan Kemahiran Berfikir. Dalam bidang TESL, pada peringkat pra-siswazah, beliau mengajar kursus-kursus seperti ‘Trends in Language Teaching’, ‘Language for Deficient Learner’, dan pernah juga mengajar kursus-kursus lain seperti ‘TESL Methodology’, ‘Testing and Evaluation’, dan ‘The Teaching of Writing’, dan kursus Kemahiran Berfikir sebagai satu kursus wajib universiti. Pada peringkat siswazah, Dr. Ghazali diamanahkan mengajar kursus-kursus seperti ‘Thinking Skills’, Çurriculum and Syllabus Design’ dan ‘Curriculum Issues in TESL’untuk peringkat Ph.D. Dalam bidang kepakaran, Dr. Ghazali banyak menghasilkan jurnal, kertas-kertas kerja dan modul berkait dengan pemikiran kritis, kreatif dan lateral yang dibentangkan di peringkat kebangsaan dan antara bangsa. Beliau juga banyak berkongsi kepakaran beliau dalam bidang Pemikiran Kreatif dan Pemikiran Lateral dalam kursus-kursus peningkatan profesional untuk pegawai dari kementerian-kementerian seperti, Pendidikan, Pertahanan, Dalam Negeri (Pegawai Pencegah Rasuah), Perusahaan dan Industri Antarabangsa (MITI). Dr. Ghazali dilantik dan terlibat sebagai seorang TOT (Training of Trainers) bagi UPM yang diamanahkan untuk melatih pegawai-pegawai akademik UPM dalam program bersabit dengan objektif pengajaran.

Dr. Ghazali Mustapha holds a Ph.D in TESL and Critical Thinking Skills from University of Leicester, England. At pre-graduate levels, he teaches courses like, Trends in Language Teaching, Language for Deficient Learner, and used to teach some other courses such as TESL Methodology, Testing and Evaluation, and Teaching of Writing. He is also teaching the Thinking Skills as a compulsory course for all students at UPM. At graduate levels, he teaches courses such as, Thinking Skills in TESL, Curriculum and Syllabus Design and Curriculum Issues in TESL for Ph.D. students. Dr. Ghazali has produced substantial amount of journals, papers, teaching and training modules in the field of Critical, Creative and Lateral Thinking Skills published and presented at national and international levels. He has shared his expertise in the field of Critical, Creative and Lateral Thinking Skills in professional development courses with the staff from the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Internal Affairs (esp. Anti-Corruption Agency), and Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). He is one of the trainers (TOT) involved in the training of UPM academic staff in LO (Learning Objectives) to be practiced at UPM since 2006.