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Experience in Co-operation: A story of special education teachers in mainstream schools
  Underneath the surface benefits of inclusive education, some mainstream school teachers experience difficulties as they co-operate and strive for a better quality leaning environment for their students. This blog features a fictionalised composite story1 of Lydia, based on my research on teachers’ attitudes toward inclusion.2   “Hi, My name is Lydia. I am a … Continue reading Experience in Co-operation: A story of special education teachers in mainstream schools

Testing, learning outcomes and inclusion: how can we get it right?
When I talk to teachers about including disabled children, we always get stuck on testing. In many countries there is a tough and inflexible exam at the end of primary school, for admission to secondary school. Disabled children are usually not entered for this exam. This may be because no one has considered how a … Continue reading Testing, learning outcomes and inclusion: how can we get it right?

How I joined the EENET family
Back in 2010 I was working with World Vision Armenia as an Education Expert and was managing two big projects on supporting inclusive education in Armenia. The first project was receiving funds through World Vision UK and DFID. It aimed to improve inclusive teaching practices in schools, strengthening the teachers’ capacity to adapt the curricula … Continue reading How I joined the EENET family

Sharing experiences – with EENET’s help
              “So do you fancy being part of the editing team?” This was the question I was asked when I joined the EENET team as a volunteer in 2011. I had no idea, in a good way, what I was letting myself in for. Two-and-a-half years later, as Network … Continue reading Sharing experiences – with EENET’s help

What are your favourite inclusive education videos?
Did you know that if you type ‘inclusive education’ as a search in YouTube, it brings up 408,000 results? Mind blowing! And incredibly confusing for anyone searching for video materials to use in their own inclusive education work. Of course you can use the search function to narrow down the number of results, but there … Continue reading What are your favourite inclusive education videos?