Dr Rita Chawla-Duggan Dr Rita Chawla-Duggan - Senior Lecturer
Dr Rita Chawla-Duggan is a senior lecturer in education in the Department of Education with research interests in childhood ethnography.
Research
- Children’s learner identity
- Pedagogic relationships and learning
- Child poverty and education in India
- Education quality
- Early childhood learning and development
- Comparative education and early childhood
- Applying and developing post Vygotskian theory
- Cultural historical activity theory and development work
- Ethnography and education
- Visual methods in research
- The study of childhood
- Fathering
- Children's transitions and early years education
This person is available to supervise research degree projects
Publications
Role
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- Learning, pedagogy and diversity research cluster member
Career
Rita began her career as a teacher before training as an educational ethnographer whilst a research fellow at the Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research at the University of Warwick. Rita has since conducted ethnographic research in England, Japan and India, with additional research in Ghana.
Education
Rita holds a PhD from the University of Bristol.