Dr Rose Mutuota

Lecturer: Leadership, Pedagogy, Diversity and Inclusion - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Education

Phone: +61 6773 1294

Email: nmutuota@une.edu.au

Biography

I completed My PhD at the University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australia. My PhD research investigated inclusive educational practices in classrooms and the use of Indigenous knowledges, values and practices to support students’ learning. The title of my Thesis was The National Special Needs Education Policy Framework (2009) of Kenya: Its Impact on Teachers' Instructional Design and Practice in Inclusive Classrooms in Kenya.

I obtained a Masters in Special and Inclusive Education from Macquarie university, Sydney, Australia. Before retraining as a Special Education teacher, I was a teacher of English and Literature. I have taught in NSW, the Northern Territory and overseas. I have the lived experience of working in Regional, Rural and Remote (RRR) schools as well as in urban areas.

I have a passion for inclusive education because I have a strong believe in education as a human right and equity of access to education. In my role as a lecturer in Inclusive education I demonstrate and explain inclusive educational practices that enable all students to access and participate in learning. I am also interested in teacher education and specifically the retention of teachers.

I am active in research and collaborate with others nationally and internationally in the teaching of inclusion of students with additional needs. I have collaborated with UNE staff in providing professional learning to teachers in Victoria, Australia on implementing the High Ability toolkit in their respective schools. I also collaborated with UNE staff in creating and updating a suite of tools for teachers in Victoria to use with high ability school students in the classroom. I was also invited by the Department o Education, NSW to present workshops on learning intervention.

Qualifications

PhD (University of New England, Australia)

Master of Special Education (Macquarie University, Australia)

Master of Philosophy (Lit) (Moi University, Kenya)

Graduate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (Macquarie University, Australia)

Bachelor of Education (Kenyatta University, Kenya)

Teaching Areas

Inclusive Education

Teaching and Learning

Learning intervention

Development and learning in childhood and adolescence

Primary Research Area/s

Inclusive and special education; Responsive classroom teaching; Learning intervention for students with learning difficulties and disabilities; Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous methodologies; Culturally responsive teaching; Teacher Education; Regional, rural and remote teaching

Research Interests

Rose’s research interests include inclusive Education, Indigenous Knowledges and Indigenous methodologies. She is also interested in working with people who want to use postcolonial and anticolonial theories and indigenous frameworks in research.

Publications

Journal Articles

Mutuota, R. (2024). Neoliberalism and the barriers in inclusive education. South African Journal of Education, Volume 44, Number 1, February 2024. https://doi.org/10.15700/saje.v44n1a2319

Mutuota, R. 2023. “A hybrid curriculum: privileging Indigenous knowledges over western knowledges in the school curriculum in Kenya”, AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, DOI: 10.1177/11771801231197222

Mutuota, R. 2023. “Returning home to conduct research: reflections of research work in Kenya”, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2023.2172132

Conference Papers

2024: Resilience in climate change in Africa: Kenya and Zimbabwe. International Indigenous Climate Change Research Summit (IICCRS), 13th-17th November, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/57042

2023: A culturally responsive pedagogy: identity, place, and voice in contemporary schooling in Kenya.

The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Melbourne, Australia, 26th-30th November 2023 https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56806

2023: Promoting decolonisation in the Global South through African studies. African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Annual Conference (AFSAAP), Sydney, Australia, 24th May 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56535

2022: Capacity building in the Asia Pacific region. UNE Asia Pacific Network (APN), Armidale, Australia, 22nd September 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56531

2022 I’m Not Just a Number: My Story Matters. The 46th Annual Pacific Circle Consortium Conference (PCC). https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56529

2022: Equal opportunities for women. The 1st International Women’s Economic Empowerment, Nairobi. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56534

2022: A systematic review of literature of pedagogies to support high-ability students. The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE). https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56548

2022: Funding research should be made easy and with no strings attached. The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE). Adelaide. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56536

2023: Promoting decolonisation in the Global South through African studies. https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/56535

Book Chapters

2024: Decolonising Languages and Literacies in Education: The Case of Kenya (co-author) In Ndlovu and Sobelo, (eds) In Language and Decolonisation: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Routledge. Webpage

Radio presentations

Dungeons and Dragons game boosts social skills. Produced By: Ash Taylor. Featured in Story: Dr Rose Mutuota, University of New England. First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 7 November 2023. https://www.2sea.com.au/dungeons-and-dragons-game-boosts-social-skills/

Memberships

Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)

Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)

Consultancy Interests