Dr Janet Ramdeo

Lecturer in Higher Education (Inclusive Education)

BA(Hons), PGCE/QTS, MA, MEd, EdD, SFHEA

j.ramdeo@surrey.ac.uk

Academic and research departments

About

Biography

I joined Surrey Institute of Education in July 2022, having previously worked in various academic and programme leadership roles in universities in London and Cambridge. I have a background in teacher education, including international teacher development and initial teacher training (ITT). At LSBU and UCL Institute of Education, I led the postgraduate employment-based ITT programmes, working closely with schools across London to enhance school-based mentor provision and local training delivery.

In recent years, due to my research interest, I became more engaged with issues of 'race' equality in educational spaces, and more broadly in inclusive educational experiences for students.

I gained Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) in 2018.

Areas of specialism

Teacher Education; 'Race' Equality; Inclusive Education

University roles and responsibilities

EDI Advisor (Race Equality)

Student Success Group (current)

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Forum

My qualifications

2022

EdD - Professional Doctorate in Education

2014

MEd - Master of Education (with Distinction)

Previous roles

Senior Teaching Associate - Education Reform and Innovation (International)

University of Cambridge

Programme Leader: Employment Based Routes (Early Years, Primary and Secondary
Initial Teacher Training) inc. School Direct (salaried)

UCL Institute of Education

Director of Employment Based Routes (ITT)

London South Bank University

Senior Lecturer in Education (Primary and Early Years)

St. Mary's University, Twickenham

Affiliations and memberships

Advance HE

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). Awarded 2018.

Association for Learning and Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE)

Deputy Chair of the Conference Committee (current).

British Educational Research Association (BERA)

SIG membership:
Race, Ethnicity and Education
ECR Network

Reviewer for The Curriculum Journal (January 2023 - current)

External Examiner for PGCE (M) Primary and School Direct, Newcastle University (2022/23 - current)

External Advisor for the Periodic Review of Education Department portfolio (Undergraduate, Postgraduate Taught, PGCE and International), University of Chichester. April-June 2020

External Examiner for PGCE Primary School Direct, Liverpool Hope University (completed)

Consultancy: Cambridge Assessment (International Education) in partnership with Cambridge University Press. Cambridge Early Years Programme (India): Designing the Assessment Framework and Practitioner Guidance documents for the project. August-October 2020

Research

Research interests

My research interest is primarily in 'race' equality/inequalities, specifically focusing on examining the lived experiences of racialised women through the lenses of Black feminism and intersectionality.

Students with similar research interests seeking supervision (PGRs and PGTs) can contact by email for further discussions.

Teaching

I teach on the Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and act as a Personal Tutor to participants on this programme.

I am a Personal Tutor on the MA in Higher Education programme.

I am also a mentor and reviewer for Surrey Open Pathway to HEA Fellowship (AFHEA, FHEA and SFHEA).

Publications

Ramdeo, J. (2012) Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) trainee teachers’ narratives on ‘difference’: voiced perspectives of self and identity, in Inman, S. and Rogers, M. (Eds) Holding on to our values: Teacher education for sustainable development and global citizenship, London: CCCI London South Bank University, pp. 18-32. ISBN: 978-0-946786-75-6.

Ramdeo, J. (2011) Voiced perspectives on ‘difference: using narrative to examine lived experience of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) trainee teachers on an employment-based route’, in Inman, S. and Rogers, M. (Eds) Building Capacity for ESD/GC in times of change: 2011 Conference Proceedings, London: UK TE ESD/GC Network, pp. 100-105. ISBN: 978-0-946786-72-5.

Wang, T., Ramdeo, J. and McLaughlin, C. (2021) Experiencing and experimenting: An exploration of teacher agency in an international collaborative teacher professional development programme using experiential learning, Teaching and Teacher Education, Vol. 104.

This paper investigated Chinese teachers' professional development in an experiential learning programme situated in a cross-cultural context and focused particularly on the role of teacher agency in the learning and localisation of foreign pedagogies. Analysis of interviews and classroom observations revealed the influence of experiential learning on deepening participants’ understanding of foreign experiences. It also highlighted the role of teachers as active agents in recontextualising overseas pedagogical practices in China, either by showing ambivalence towards changes or by developing transcultural pedagogies. The construction of their agency was related to their previous teaching experiences and learning of international perspectives on pedagogy.

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