Mahmoud is specialised in Professional Studies in education. He teaches 'Postgraduate Research Methods' module and supervises research students. His main research interests are:
The Education of Minority Ethnic Children. Other interests include teacher education, practice of practitioners and educational policies.
Within CeDARE, Mahmoud supports research activities, which includes undertaking literature reviews, data collection, data analysis and supporting the writing of research reports. Additionally, he supports academic staff in their research clusters across the School for Education Futures.
Mahmoud is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He reviews journal articles submitted to EMAL, the International Journal of Leadership in Education and the Asia Pacific Journal of Education. He was part of the Edulearn 2011 advisory board to review abstracts submitted to the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. He is a member of a panel of experts at Mentaur on the first consultation of quality of life of individuals with autism.
Research, research, research! In a world that changes so quickly the importance of doing research and finding new or better ways to improve education and professional practice have never been greater.
Funding is one of, if not the only, greatest challenges that we face within education research. Doing research during tough economic climate means there are less resources and more competition.
Doing research could be demanding at times but it is never boring! Every research project brings new tasks, challenges, opportunities to learn and above all excitement!
My most important publications include 'In the Quest for their Trust: The Perceptions of Parents and Carers on Accessing Services for Disabled Children, which was published in the Journal of Leisure Studies and co-authored with Dr David Thompson. Also co-authored with Dr Thompson was the article 'They Say Every Child Matters, but They Don’t: An Investigation into Parental and Carer Perceptions of Access to Leisure Facilities and Respite Care for Children and Young People with ASD or ADHD', which was published in Disability and Society. Both of these have been published in 2011.
Individually, my article entitled 'Leading to Decide or Deciding to Lead? Understanding the Relationship between Teacher Leadership and Decision Making' was published in Educational Management Administration and Leadership in 2010.
I am currently working on the SKEIN Programme, an evaluation of professional development that we are offering to schools. Additionally, I am working on an interesting LFHE-funded project on sustainable and ethical practice in developing international partnerships in Higher Education.
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