Rate My Professor Rose Mutuota

Dr. Rose Mutuota is a Lecturer in Leadership, Pedagogy, Diversity and Inclusion in the School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia. She completed her PhD at the University of New England, with her thesis titled The National Special Needs Education Policy Framework (2009) of Kenya: Its Impact on Teachers' Instructional Design and Practice in Inclusive Classrooms in Kenya, investigating inclusive educational practices and the integration of Indigenous knowledges, values, and practices to support student learning. Her academic background includes a Master of Special Education and a Graduate Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; a Master of Philosophy in Literature from Moi University, Kenya; and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University, Kenya. Prior to her academic career, Mutuota taught English and Literature before retraining as a Special Education teacher. She has taught in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, overseas, and in regional, rural, remote, and urban schools, bringing lived experience from these diverse settings to her work.

Mutuota's research specializations and academic interests focus on inclusive and special education, responsive classroom teaching, learning interventions for students with learning difficulties and disabilities, Indigenous knowledges and methodologies, culturally responsive teaching, teacher education, and regional, rural, and remote teaching. She employs postcolonial and anticolonial theories and Indigenous frameworks in her scholarship. Key publications include 'Neoliberalism and the barriers in inclusive education' in the South African Journal of Education (2024), 'A hybrid curriculum: privileging Indigenous knowledges over western knowledges in the school curriculum in Kenya' in AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (2023), and 'Returning home to conduct research: reflections of research work in Kenya' in the International Journal of Social Research Methodology (2023). She also co-authored the book chapter 'Decolonising Languages and Literacies in Education: The Case of Kenya' in Language and Decolonisation: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Routledge, 2024). Mutuota actively collaborates nationally and internationally on inclusive teaching, including developing professional learning for Victorian teachers on the High Ability toolkit and presenting workshops on learning interventions for the New South Wales Department of Education. Her contributions emphasize inclusive education as a human right and equitable access for all students.