Using Indicators as a Catalyst for Inclusive Education in the Pacific Islands

Autor/inn/en	Sharma, Umesh; Forlin, Chris; Marella, Manjula; Jitoko, Filipe
Titel	Using Indicators as a Catalyst for Inclusive Education in the Pacific Islands
Quelle	In: International Journal of Inclusive Education, 21 (2017) 7, S.730-746 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3116
DOI	10.1080/13603116.2016.1251979
Schlagwörter	Pacific Islanders; Educational Indicators; Inclusion; Disabilities; Foreign Countries; Progress Monitoring; Educational Policy; Developing Nations; Focus Groups; Program Implementation; Data Analysis; Outcomes of Education; Pilot Projects; Reliability; Validity; Workshops; Fiji; Samoa; Solomon Islands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Inklusion; Handicap; Behinderung; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Auswertung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Reliabilität; Gültigkeit; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Fidschi; Salomonen
Abstract	The Pacific Island countries are committed to promoting disability-inclusive education through enactment of the Pacific Education Development Framework. To support this move, key stakeholders have identified the need for developing local and contextually appropriate indicators for measuring progress of disability-inclusive education. This paper reports on the usefulness of a newly developed tool (Pacific Indicators for Disability-Inclusive Education--Pacific-INDIE) as a catalyst in implementing inclusive education in the Pacific. Data were collected from a range of stakeholders who have used the Pacific-INDIE in three countries (Fiji, Samoa and Solomon Islands). Thematic analysis was used to identify the key themes relating to the usefulness of the tool. The key themes that emerged from the data included, positive outcomes, challenges, planned future directions, and process issues. The findings discussed are related to how the indicators can best support future policy development and implementation of disability-inclusive education across the region. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01