Dr Tarek Mostafa

Dr Tarek Mostafa

School of Education
Associate Professor in Education and Public Policy
Director of the BA Education and BA Education and Sociology Programmes

Contact details

Address
Department of Education and Social Justice
Room 421
School of Education
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Tarek is a Associate Professor in Education and Public Policy at the School of Education, University of Birmingham. Previously, he was a policy analyst at the OECD directorate of Education and Skills (PISA team) and a Senior Research Associate at University College London, Institute of Education.

His research interests include education, public and social policy, assessment, equity in education, and survey and quantitative methods.

Qualifications

  • PhD in the Economics of Education 2009
  • MA in Political Economy 2005
  • BA in Economics 2003
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 2015

Biography

Tarek is a Associate Professor in Education and Public Policy at the School of Education, University of Birmingham. Previously, he was a policy analyst at the OECD directorate of Education and Skills (PISA team) and a Senior Research Associate at University College London, Institute of Education.

His research spanned several areas including: equity in education, assessment, education and social policy, and quantitative and survey methods. Tarek worked extensively on international surveys such as PISA and TIMSS, the different British Cohort Studies, and British administrative data. He also taught on several courses, supervised postgraduate and PhD students and provided consultancy services to national and international organizations.

At the OECD, Tarek carried out work on teacher job satisfaction and on the effectiveness of science teaching strategies using PISA 2015 data. He also led the development of the PISA 2021 ICT framework and survey instruments. He was the main analyst and sole author of the PISA 2018 Volume VI: Are Students Ready to Thrive in an Interconnected World? This OECD report was the first of its kind as it analysed data focusing on students’ global and intercultural competencies.

Tarek holds a PhD in the Economics of Education, an MA in Political Economy and a BA in Economics. He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the UCL – Department of Social Science.

Teaching

  • Module lead: Researching Childhood and Education. Year 2 Undergraduate.
  • Module lead: MA education and MSc TESOL dissertations.
  • Module lead: Education leadership degree apprenticeship dissertations.
  • Module lead: Understanding School Improvement. MA level.
  • Lecturer on Education Policy and Social Justice.

Research

Research interests

  • Education, public and social policy
  • Assessment
  • Equity in education
  • Survey and quantitative methods

Publications

Mostafa, T. Narayanan, M. Pongiglione, M. Dodgeon, B. Goodman, A. Silverwood, R. and Ploubidis, G. (2021) Missing at random assumption made more plausible: evidence from the 1958 British birth cohort. Journal of clinical epidemiology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2021.02.019

OECD (2020), PISA 2018 Results (Volume VI): Are Students Ready to Thrive in an Interconnected World? OECD Publishing, Paris https://doi.org/10.1787/d5f68679-e.

OECD (2019), PISA 2018 Results (Volume II): Where All Students Can Succeed, OECD Publishing, Paris https://doi.org/10.1787/b5fd1b8f-en.

Lorenceau, A. Marec, C. and Mostafa, T (2019). Upgrading the ICT questionnaire items in PISA 2021. OECD Education Working Paper No. 202.

Mostafa, T. Echazarra, A. and Guillou, H. (2018). The science of teaching science: an exploration of science teaching practices in PISA 2015. OECD education working paper No. 188.

Mostafa, T. and Pal, J. (2018). Science teachers’ satisfaction: Evidence from the PISA 2015 teacher survey. OECD education working paper No. 168.

Mostafa, T. Gambaro, L. and Joshi, H. (2018) The Impact of Complex Family Structure on Child Well-Being: Evidence from Siblings. Journal of Marriage and Family. Volume 80, N 4, p. 902-918.

Mostafa, T. and Wiggins, D. (2018). What Influences Respondents to Behave Consistently when Asked to Consent to Health Record Linkage on Repeat Occasions? International Journal of Social Research Methodology. Volume 21, N 1, p. 119 - 134.

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Languages and other information

Tarek is fluent in English, French and Arabic.

Media experience