School of Education Research Staff Profile

Rohan Jowallah

Developmental work and research activity

Key and recent publications and materials developed

• Jowallah R (2008) Using technology supported learning to develop active learning in higher education: A case study;US-China Education Review 12 (5). 46-50
• Jowallah R (2008) Journeys of Jamaican teachers in England and the United States of America (from 2001 to present), ‘Diversity in Organization, Communities and Nations (accepted for publication)
• Jowallah R (2008) Go back to where you came from’:  The Impact of Discourse on Racism, ‘Diversity in Organization, Communities and Nations (accepted for publication)
• Jowallah R (2007) Whiteness and Racism in Post Colonial British Children’s Literature in England, ‘Diversity in Organization, Communities and Nations 7(2), 135-142. .
• Jowallah R (2007) Whiteness and Racism in Post Colonial British Children’s Literature in England, The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 7 (2), 135-142.

Recent conference papers

• Jowallah R (May 2010) 'Critical literacy: a way forward for students’ engagement at key stage three', School of Education Research Conference 2010, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall.
• July 2008- Journeys of Jamaican teachers in England and the United States of America (from 2001 to present): A multiple case study. Paper given at the ACS Crossroads Seventh International Conference: Kingston, Jamaica.
• June 2008- Go back to where you came from’: The Impact of Discourse on Racism. Paper given at the Eight International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations: Montreal, Canada.
• April 2008- ‘I don’t like it here’: A life history study of one child’s educational experiences in     England and the United States. Paper given at the University Of Wolverhampton Annual School Of Education Conference.
• June 2008- Go back to where you came from’: The Impact of Discourse on Racism. Paper given at the Eight International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations: Montreal, Canada.
• July 2008- Journeys of Jamaican teachers in England and the United States of America (from 2001 to present): A multiple case study. Paper given at the ACS Crossroads Seventh International Conference: Kingston, Jamaica.
• August 2007- The Impact of Discourse on Racism. Paper given at 32nd Annual International Conference for the Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE) University of Wolverhampton, England.
• July 2007- Whiteness and Racism in Post Colonial British Children’s Literature in England. Paper given at The Seventh International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nation: Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Current development and research projects

• Contributing a chapter on Freire Re-visited. Critical Literacy: whose story is it anyway? Project by the Early Years Team at Wolverhampton.
• 2007- 2009: (Doctoral Studies in Education EdD) Dissertation Title: Critical literacy in England: Utilizing critical literacy pedagogy within the English National Curriculum at Key Stage Three: A case study within a secondary school.