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Dr Robina Shaheen

PhD, MA, MA BA, AHEA

Affiliate Member of Regent's Centre for Transnational Studies
Faculty of Education and Language Studies, Open University

Teaching, Research and Consultancy

Current research and consultancy interests: Evaluation research and consultancies for Donor Agencies, Creativity in Education

Most recent research/consultancy projects:

Peer Review for AusAID (Australian Government) Education Programming in Pakistan Most recent research grants/consultancy contracts etc.

Peer Review for AusAID (Australian Government) Education Programming in Pakistan Evaluation of the Higher Education Academy Education for Sustainable Development project

Publications

Journal Articles

Shaheen, R. (2010) How creative are Pakistani primary school Children. Creativity Research Journal (under review)

Shaheen, R. (2010) Creativity and education Creative Education (CE), 1:.3 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ce

Shaheen, R. (2009) Building a creative school, a dynamic approach to school development Evaluation & Research in Education, 22: 2

Gorard, S., See, BH. and Shaheen, R. (2009) Educating for citizenship: some lessons from England 2008, Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 5, 1, 35-45

Chapters

Shaheen, R. (2010) What is creativity? In Peterson, A. and Arthur, J. (ed.) The Routledge companion to education (In Press)

Books

Shaheen, R (2010) State of Children’s Creativity in Pakistan, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG: Germany (In progess)

Research Reports

Shaheen, R. (2010) Evaluation of the impact of completed Small and Mini-Grants commissioned by the Higher Education Academy's Education for Sustainable Development project. UK: Higher Education Academy.

Gorard. S., Lumby, J., Briggs, A., Morrison, M., Hall, I., Maringe, F., See, BH, Shaheen, R. and Wright, S. (2009) 14-19 reforms: QCA Centre Research Study, commentary on the baseline of evidence 2007-2008, London: QCA

Poulsen, H., Shaheen, R., and Ansari, N. (2006) Lessons learned: Five years of UNICEF - AusAid support for girls' education in Balochistan. UNICEF: Pakistan.

Tenga, T., Shaheen, R. (2006) Evaluation report, universal quality primary education. UNICEF: Pakistan.

Shaheen, R. (2004) Technical assistance for UQPE Project. UNICEF: Pakistan.

Conference Papers

Shaheen, R (due Feb 2011), Creativity Through Education in Pakistan, presentation to the Centre for Research into Imagination, Creativity and Knowledge Department of Philosophy, University of York

Morrison, M., Gorard, S., Lumby, J., Briggs, A., Hall, I., Maringe, F., See, BH, Shaheen, R. and Wright, S. (2009) Enjoyment and learning?, presentation to AERA Annual Conference, San Diego, April 2009

Lumby, J., Gorard, S., Briggs, A., Morrison, M., Hall, I., Maringe, F., See, BH, Shaheen, R. and Wright, S. (2009) Citizens now and for the future?, presentation to AERA Annual Conference, San Diego, April 2009

Shaheen, R. (2009) Effective use of gatekeepers in research, presentation to University of Birmingham Annual Student Conference, July, 2009

Shaheen, R. (2009) Understandings of the word 'Creativity,' presentation to BERA Annual Conference, September, 2009

Shaheen, R. (2009) Definitions of creativity- education policy, curriculum and primary school teachers, presentation to BERA Annual Conference, September, 2009

Shaheen, R. (2008) Using the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking to assess primary school children's creativity, presentation to University of Birmingham Annual Student Conference, July, 2008

Shaheen, R. (2008) Using mixed methods in creativity research, presentation to BERA Annual Conference, September, 2008

Shaheen, R. (2008) Researching creativity through education, presentation to BERA Annual Conference, September, 2008

Shaheen, R. (2007) Creativity though education: case of public sector primary education in Pakistan, presentation to BERA Annual Conference, 2007

Biography 

Dr Shaheen has a PhD in Education from the University of York and Birmingham, UK (2010), MA in Educational Planning and Management, Alama Iqbal University, Pakistan (2003), MA in English, Punjab University, Pakistan (1999), BA in English and Economics, Punjab University, Pakistan (1994).

Dr Shaheen is currently working at Open University, UK. Previously, she was a lecturer at Regent's College London. She has been affiliated with Coordinator for Centre for Research into Imagination, Creativity and Knowledge, Department of Philosophy, University of York, UK since 2009. Previously worked as a Researcher/Project Manager at University of Birmingham, UK; as a Lecturer at University of York, UK; as Education consultant at UNICEF; and as Education Consultant at National Commission for Human Development, Pakistan.

Page last updated 1/23/2012

" It was a great privilege to attend Webster’s campuses that provided me an ideal ground to expand my horizon. All the campuses that I attended were really great. However, I enjoyed the London campus most. This was due to the sizes of the class, skilled professors, one to one tutorials and friendly atmosphere. The support and help from different professors in London campus not only boosted my morale but also improved my overall GPA in the final year. "

Maynul Haque

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