Date: 18 February.
Time: 11 to 12:30 UTC.
Location: University of Sussex Campus, Global Studies Resource Centre, Arts C / Zoom Webinar
This seminar will report back on research carried out last year with a Papua New Guinean researcher, Mevelyn Kawane, a lecturer in special and inclusive education at Balob Teachers College in Lae. This case-study based research was carried out over a four-week period in a ‘model’ inclusive primary school with a significant number of learners with DALN. While it was found the teachers had developed their own ‘home grown’ inclusive pedagogical practices to accommodate these learners, it was also found they struggled to meet their needs, particularly the needs of deaf learners. These challenges can be placed in the immediate context of teaching and learning realities and the broader contexts of curriculum reform, culturally embedded pedagogical practices, fragile support systems, and the impact of colonialism, post-colonialism and globalisation on the Papua New Guinea education system.