Strengthening Capacity for Disability-Inclusive Education in the South Pacific
Date: June, 06, 2013 09:20 Age: 69 days
FACULTY OF ARTS, LAW AND EDUCATION
School of Education
INVITATION TO A
LUNCH TIME SEMINAR
Thursday 6 June, 2013
FALE Meeting Room: 1.00 – 2.00pm
All SOE and interested others are invited to attend a lunchtime seminar presented by senior research staff from the Queensland University of Technology. The presenters are Professor Suzanne Carrington, Professor Hitendra Pillay and Dr Louise Mercer.
These staff from QUT will be undertaking a significant 2-year research project funded by AUSAid in partnership with USP. The USP partners are Subhas Chandra and Joyce Heeraman.
The abstract is as follows:
Strengthening Capacity for Disability-Inclusive Education in the South Pacific
Inclusive education is an important priority internationally and in the South Pacific including Fiji. The Pacific Island countries initiated disability-inclusive development policy in 2005 but have not yet met Development for All goals-United Nations, 2007. This presentation will provide our critical insights about progressing the inclusive education movement in Australia and in other countries; and describe the current collaborative research project between USP and QUT (funded by AUSAid) that focuses on inclusive education development in schools in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa and Fiji.
Light lunch will be provided.
ALL WELCOME
For further information : Chandra_s(at)usp.ac.fj
