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.
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