Joanna Al-Youssef

Contact

• workRoom A08 Yang Fujia
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• work0115 82 32199
• Joanna.Al-Youssef@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am a teacher of English for Academic Purposes at the Centre for English Language Education (CELE). I have been teaching at higher education institutions in the UK and abroad since 1995 at postgraduate, undergraduate and presessional levels.

Since joining the University of Nottingham in 2010, I have taught on Presessional English for Academic Purposes (PEAP) courses, Academic Language and Communication Skills (ALACS) courses, and various Postgraduate programmes including: PGCE (Malaysia) programme, MA Teaching English for Academic Purposes (MA TEAP) and MA International Higher Education. I also act as a supervisor for doctoral students at the School of Education.

I hold an MA in English Language Teaching (MA ELT) from the University of Nottingham, and an EdD (Doctor of Education) from the University of Bath.

Teaching Summary

I am currently teaching on Presessional English for Academic Purposes (PEAP) courses. I am also currently developing materials for various programmes and courses at CELE.

My main teaching interest is in teaching reflection in/on learning, and in discourse-analysis approaches to teaching academic writing.

Research Summary

I am interested in exploring the space between existential internationalization, or the internationalization of the self, and reflexivity with its role in bridging the gap between Cultural Others… read more

Recent Publications

• AL-YOUSSEF, J., SAVVIDES, N., COLIN, M. and GARRIDO, C., 2016. Methodological Challenges: negotiation, critical reflection and the cultural other. In: M. CROSSLEY, L. ARTHUR and E. MCNESS, eds., Revisiting Insider–Outsider Research in Comparative and International Education Symposium Books. 264
• SAVVIDES, N., AL-YOUSSEF, J., COLIN, M. and GARRIDO, C., 2014. Journeys into Inner/Outer Space: reflections on the methodological challenges of negotiating insider/outsider status in international educational research Research in Comparative and International Education. 9(4), 412-425
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2014. Book review: Internationalisation of Higher Education and Global Mobility, by Bernhard Streitwieser (ed.) Journal of Research inInternational Education. 13(2), 168-171
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2013. Book review: Higher education and the state: Changing relationships in Europe and East Asia, by R. Goodman, T. Kariya, and J. Taylor(Eds) Journal of Research in International Education. 12(2), 193-196

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Current Research

I am interested in exploring the space between existential internationalization, or the internationalization of the self, and reflexivity with its role in bridging the gap between Cultural Others represented in higher education as staff and students. I am interested in embedding reflection into the curriculum, and exploring the power of 'unlearning' and 'de-labelling' for both students and staff

• AL-YOUSSEF, J., SAVVIDES, N., COLIN, M. and GARRIDO, C., 2016. Methodological Challenges: negotiation, critical reflection and the cultural other. In: M. CROSSLEY, L. ARTHUR and E. MCNESS, eds., Revisiting Insider–Outsider Research in Comparative and International Education Symposium Books. 264
• SAVVIDES, N., AL-YOUSSEF, J., COLIN, M. and GARRIDO, C., 2014. Journeys into Inner/Outer Space: reflections on the methodological challenges of negotiating insider/outsider status in international educational research Research in Comparative and International Education. 9(4), 412-425
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2014. Book review: Internationalisation of Higher Education and Global Mobility, by Bernhard Streitwieser (ed.) Journal of Research inInternational Education. 13(2), 168-171
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2013. Book review: Higher education and the state: Changing relationships in Europe and East Asia, by R. Goodman, T. Kariya, and J. Taylor(Eds) Journal of Research in International Education. 12(2), 193-196
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2012. A journey towards internationalisation British Association for International and Comparative Education. Available at: <http://baice.ac.uk/2012/listening-to-academic-voices-2/>
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2012. An international approach to teaching and learning from a UK university management perspective: implications for international students’ experiences on campus. In: International Students Negotiating Higher Education: critical perspectives Routledge.
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2011. Book review: Internationalizing the University: An Introduction for University Teachers and Managers, by Y. Turner and S. Robson The Journal of Research in International Education. 10(2), 221–223
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2010. The Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions: Meanings, Policy and Practice VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
• AL-YOUSSEF, J., 2010. Challenges to Institutionalizing Internationalization in a UK University. In: MARINGE, F. AND FOSKETT, N., ed., Globalization and Internationalization in Higher Education: Theoretical, Strategic and Management Perspectives Continuum Inernational Publishing Group.