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Supporting inclusive education through knowledge exchange
23 February 2022
Academics from the Centre for Inclusive Education (CIE) discuss the centre鈥檚 mission to develop and disseminate best practice in inclusive education.
The panellists also talk about听how their approach to knowledge exchange is supporting better outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in a range of areas.
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Panellists
- Gill Brackenbury
Gill Brackenbury is听Associate Professor (Teaching) and Director of the 新香港六合彩开奖结果Centre for Inclusive Education. Gill has over 30 years鈥� teaching experience in schools and higher education, including lecturing on special educational needs, language and literacy difficulties, and supporting teacher education and professional development in literacy and dyslexia. Funded by The Portal Trust and HEIF funding, Gill has led the knowledge exchange programme, 鈥淪upporting Spoken Language in the Classroom鈥� (SSLiC) in both London and Cambridgeshire primary schools. .
- Dr Amelia Roberts
Dr Amelia Roberts is听Associate Professor (Teaching) and Deputy Director of the 新香港六合彩开奖结果Centre for Inclusive Education. Amelia鈥檚 research focus is on the role of university-school partnerships, in a range of contexts from supporting wellbeing, Lesson Study, autism and reducing exclusions. She is a strong advocate of knowledge exchange approaches, and as IOE鈥檚 Vice Dean for Enterprise promotes effective knowledge exchange practice across the faculty. .
- Dr Jo Van Herwegen
Dr Jo Van Herwegen听is an associate professor in developmental psychology and education and director of the Child Development and Learning Difficulties lab. Her research focuses on improving educational outcomes, using evidence from developmental psychology, neuroscience, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Concentrating on language, social, and number development, she examines individual differences and what cognitive abilities and strategies relate to successful performance in order to aid the development of educational training programmes. .
- Dr Rob Webster
Dr Rob Webster has, since late 2021, been a Reader in Education at the University of Portsmouth, where he is also Director of the Education Research, Innovation and Consultancy (ERIC) Unit. Prior to that he was based at IOE from 2005, during which time he worked on some of the most ground-breaking SEND research projects of recent years. .
