Category: Education and Disabilities - Page 2 - The Education and Development Forum (UKFIET)

The key to inclusive education is engaging organisations of people with disabilities

by Johannes Trimmel | Feb 27, 2024 | Education and Disabilities

In global development programmes, despite widespread recognition of the need to be more inclusive, it’s still not standard practice for organisations to consult with and involve people with disabilities – even for those programmes that specifically want to reach people with disabilities. Read More

Making visible the invisible refugee children with disabilities in Uganda: The role of mothers

by Salome, J. Awidi | Jan 29, 2024 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Disabilities, Education and Migration

The study focused on establishing what data exists; experiences of disabled refugee learners and; perceptions on opportunities and challenges. Read More

I AIN’T NO AFTERTHOUGHT: Challenging the non-prioritisation of the educational rights of children with disabilities

by UKFIET | Jan 16, 2024 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Disabilities

This blogpost presents a poem that Basirat Razaq-Shuaib delivered at the 2023 UKFIET Conference. The poem draws attention to the non-prioritisation of children with disabilities...

Embracing diversity and inclusion: My experience at the UKFIET 2023 conference

by Suaad Abdulle | Nov 22, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Disabilities

In the capacity of a representative from the Somali Institute of Special Educational Needs and Disability, I had the privilege of not only attending UKFIET 2023 but also presenting at this prestigious event. This blog post is a reflection on my enriching experience. Read More

Collecting disability data in schools in Sierra Leone

by Julia de Kadt, Steven Kaindaneh and Elena Schmidt | Nov 14, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Disabilities

For disability-inclusive education to work, accurate information about schoolchildren with disabilities is required at all levels of the educational system. Read More

Participatory research and inclusive education – five critical considerations

by Stephen Thompson and Brigitte Rohwerder | Oct 12, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Disabilities

Disability inclusive research can play a key role in accelerating efforts towards achieving inclusive education by providing evidence on the complexity and nuances of the barriers and challenges that exist that result in children with disabilities being excluded or marginalised. Read More

The power of communication: How sign language connected a father to his deaf son in Uganda

by Joanna Clark | Sep 26, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

Deaf children are born with the same ability to develop language as any other child. They use language to bond with their family, make friends and make sense of their world. Whatever the circumstance, the way a parent communicates with their deaf child can make a life-changing difference to both… Read More

Notions around a “Successful Woman with Disabilities”: Exploring voices of girls in Nepal, Malawi and Uganda

by Nidhi Singal and Laraib Niaz | Aug 29, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

Aspirations, hopes and dreams for the future can be important predictors for achieving financial and other success in adulthood. For girls with disabilities, socially constructed beliefs on gender and disabilities may negatively impact attributes such as self-efficacy, aspirations for the future and conceptualisations of success. Yet, few studies have explored… Read More

Towards equity in assessment: Making standardised learning assessment more accessible for learners with disabilities

by Michelle L. Oetman | Aug 4, 2023 | Assessment, Education and Disabilities

A groundbreaking technical brief titled “Towards Equity in Assessment: Making Standardized Learning Assessments more accessible for Learners with Disabilities has been released. Read More

Can inclusive education be truly inclusive? Can all children benefit? Example from Ghana

by Willem van de Waal | Jun 5, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

Inclusive or exclusive education? More specifically, are we promoting inclusive education in a way that truly benefits all children? Read More

On data and disability: piloting the Child Functioning Module in Nigerian schools

by Liesbeth Roolvink and Gillian Mackay | Mar 6, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

Disability inclusion has long been a neglected, under-prioritised issue in international development. Read More

Making assessments more accessible for children with disabilities

by Veronica Stapleton | Feb 20, 2023 | Education and Disabilities

The International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) tool, created by Save the Children in 2011, measures children’s early learning and development. Its play-based tasks help evaluate motor development, emergent literacy, emergent numeracy and social-emotional development. The tool is designed to assess children from three to six years old and… Read More