Associate Professor Chandrika Devarakonda
Chandrika Devarakonda is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Chester, UK. She teaches on a wide range of modules On undergraduate and post graduate programmes. She has successfully supported several doctoral studies and is an experienced and active researcher Chandrika is a co - chair of the Research Development Community (RDC) of Social Justice, Equity AND Diversity at Association of teacher Education in Europe. Chandrika has been invited to give key note speeches by several organisations such Life long learning, Association of Colleges (AOC), Equaliteach, Belfast Childcare partnership, Leicester Early years in the UK and universities in USA, Spain, Netherlands and India. She has been invited to give talks at Autonomous University of Barcelona, Millersville University, HU institute of Applied Sciences, keynote speeches at Amity University, Pondicherry University in India, Konstanz University, Germany, Pearson. I have supervised a Commonwealth Scholar Dr Krishna Duhan from India. Chandrika is a reviewer for different journals such as American Educational /research Association (AERA) Power and Education, Disability, CBR and inclusive development, Critical Studies in Education, American Education Research Association, UNESCO reports. British Medical Journal., European Early childhood Education Research Journal, and been involved in the scientific commmittee for European organisation. She has also led Faculty Research interest group (RIG) Early Years, Children and families group .
Chandrika has taught on a wide range of programmes at undergraduate and post - graduate level. The modules focussed on wide range of issues such as inclusion and diversity, international perspectives of early childhood, leadership and management, changing constructions of childhood. Work based learning, parent partnerships. I have collaborated with colleagues from University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida and Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania in USA to organise placements for their international experience in early childhood module.
Chandrika is an active researcher involved in research individually and have collaborated with colleagues from local authorities, other disciplines such as Medicine, and from other countries on a wide range of issues. Research topics related to inclusion and diversity, international perspectives of early childhood, Child Psychosocial Framework in Southern India, Perceptions of Associate teachers and NQT’s about inclusion in England, empowering parents following Covid, Professional’s Perspectives and Experiences of the Cultural and Linguistic Brokering Roles of Migrant and EAL (English as an Additional Language) Children in Schools and Settings migrant children, children's rights, experiences of international students in higher education.
Books
Devarakonda.C. (2020) Promoting Inclusion and Diversity in Early Years Settings -A Professional Guide to Ethnicity, Religion, Culture and Language, London,, United Kingdom :Jessica Kingsley
Devarakonda, C. (2013). Diversity and inclusion in early childhood: An introduction. London: SAGE.
Book Chapters
Devarakonda (forthcoming) Contexts of culture influencing SEND and inclusion. In Key issues in SEND and inclusion: International Perspectives across six continents
Devarakonda.C. and Powlay.L. (2016) Inclusion and Diversity in Wyse, D., & Rogers, S. (2016). A guide to early years and primary teaching. London, United Kingdom: SAGE
Journal articles
Tan.R., Devarakonda.C. & Antje Rothe ((Forthcoming) How is inclusion defined on the early childhood level in China, England, and Germany: a systematic review of the literature from 2000 to 2020
C. Devarakonda, S. McGrath, D. Chaudhary (Forthcoming) C. Devarakonda, S. McGrath, D. Chaudhary
C. Devarakonda, S. McGrath, D. Chaudhary (2019) Exploring inclusion and diversity within undergraduate teacher training programmes in England, Edulearn19 Proceedings, pp. 1947-1956. Available at: https://library.iated.org/view/DEVARAKONDA2019EXP
Duhan.K. and Devarakonda.C. (2018) Teacher Trainees’ Perceptions of Inclusion of and its Challenges, Disability, CBR and inclusive development, Vol. 29, No.1, 2018; doi 10.5463/DCID.v29i1.649
Duhan.K. and Devarakonda.C. (2016) Comparative perspective of Inclusion: India and England, International Journal of Applied Home Science, Volume 3 (11&12), November & December (2016) : 470-479
Hodkinson, A. & Deverakonda, C. (2011).For pity’s sake: comparative conceptions of inclusion in England and India, International Review of Qualitative Research, 4 (2) : 255-260
Hodkinson, A. and Devarakonda, C. (2011) Conceptions of Inclusion and Inclusive Education: a Critical Examination of the Perspectives and Practices of Teachers in England. Educational futures, [online] Vol. 3(1). Available at: https://educationstudies.org.uk/?p=528
Devarakonda.C(2010) Practitioners’ perceptions on the delivery of services provided to children and their families in a disadvantaged area in an Indian context, Early Childhood Practice : The Journal for Multiple-Professional Partnerships, Vol 11, Nos 1&2, 80-92
Hodkinson and Devarakonda (2009) Conceptions of Inclusion and Inclusive Education: a Critical Examination of the Perspectives and Practices of Teachers in India.’ Research in Education, No. 82, pp85-99, doi: 10.7227/RIE.82.7
Book Chapters
Devarakonda.C. and Powlay.L. (2016) Inclusion and Diversity in Wyse, D., & Rogers, S. (2016). A guide to early years and primary teaching. London, United Kingdom: SAGE
Devarakonda, C. (2013). Diversity and inclusion in early childhood: An introduction. London: SAGE.
Devarakonda,C. (2013) India - Who are the early years educators and with whom do they work? In Georgeson.J and Paylor.J (eds) International Perspectives of Early childhood education and care, Maidenhead, United Kingdom: Open University Press
Devarakonda.C. (2009) Global Dimension in Foundation Stage in Pickford.A (Ed): Get Global- A practical guide to integrating global dimension in the primary curriculum, Stoke on Trent: Trentham Books.
I have also presented papers in several national and international conferences on a wide range of topics.
Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
PhD (University of Manchester, UK)
PGCE (UCLAN, UK)
Msc and MPhil (Sri Venkateswara University, India)