Dr Angeline Mbogo Barrett

Research summary

Angeline’s research interests relate to improving the quality of education, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.  She understands education quality from a social justice perspective as enhancing learners’ capabilities and freedoms,  enhancing teachers’ professional capabilities and as a subject to public democratic debate. Capacity to expand and improve the quality of basic education is interdependent with capacity at higher education levels and educational research capacity.  Hence, her published work has focused on teacher professionalism, classroom pedagogy and research capacity building. She has also contributed to debates on a post-2015 education development goal, arguing for a goal that supports ongoing public debate ...

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Biography

Angeline’s doctoral research (2001-2004) explored primary school teachers’ professional identity and classroom practice in Tanzania.  Following an ESRC postdoctoral fellowship, she  was research and communications coordinator  for the EdQual Research Programme Consortium (funded the UK Department for International Development). In this  role she collaborated with Leon Tikly in developing a social justice framework for conceptualising education quality. She previously led an international capacity building partnership to strengthen research methods teaching on Doctoral Programmes and currently leads a research project developing language supportive textbooks and teaching for secondary schools in Tanzania.

Formerly, Angeline was a Mathematics and Physics teacher and ...

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Selected publications

• Barrett, A 2011, ‘A Millennium Learning Goal for education post-2015: A question of outcomes or processes’. Comparative Education, vol 47., pp. 123 - 137
• Barrett, A, Crossley, M & Dachi, H 2010, ‘International partnerships, collaboration and capacity building in educational research: the EdQual experience’. EdQual, Bristol

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