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This article explores the challenges related to the inclusion of girls with disabilities in Vietnamese schools. Building on fieldwork which interrogates the institutional treatment of girls with disabilities in the Vietnamese context, we suggest that there is a need to think more critically about the inclusion and exclusion of girls with disabilities within social and… Read more
This chapter elaborates income and poverty related aspects of the analyses developed in the previous chapter. First, the differences in income level and poverty indices by disability are statistically examined. Second, determinants of income are singled out by estimation of the Mincer equation, which will be described shortly. Main conclusions are the followings: (1) the… Read more
Findings show variances in the priority areas and development levels of ICT in Education among the countries, mainly due to their unique national contexts. The study showcases a combination of (a) well-established models that are oriented towards ICT-pedagogy integration and (b) entry-level endeavours that prioritize access to education via ICT infrastructure and connectivity – with… Read more
It has been observed that despite a significant and ubiquitous role being played by digital devices and media in changing characteristics of learning outside of schools, ICT remains abysmally under-used by students and teachers in classrooms, and ICT-enabled student-centred teaching and learning approach finds no ground of pervasiveness within school systems, especially for developing countries…. Read more
This article traces the evolution of special education policies and services and the introduction of inclusive education as a service delivery model in Vietnam. The impact of a series of inclusion initiation projects and resultant goals of the Ministry of Education and Training to expand inclusive education nationally are described along with the existing barriers… Read more
This publication details the challenges and lessons learned from 16 years of the Laos PDR inclusive education project. Pre-Service and In-Service training are key areas which need to be strategically developed in order to ensure that all students with disabilities are enabled to participate and achieve in school. Of fundamental importance is the structure of… Read more
In this edition of the Educator experts from around the world reflect on the development of inclusion for children with visual impairment in their own country. Contributors come from Ireland, Japan, Malawi, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam share their thoughts about how their country is meeting the remarkable challenge of providing education for all… Read more
In many developing countries, integration of ICT is a key component of an educational reform agenda. These countries can draw on a tradition of research in the developed world on factors determining integration of ICT in education. In this tradition, this study investigates the current situation of ICT integration in teacher education in Vietnam, an… Read more
A review of recent research was conducted to assemble evidence on the impact that Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI) may have on improving student learning outcomes. IRI is an instructional tool designed to deliver a family of active learning packages via radio broadcast using a dual-audience approach. IRI exposes students to regular, curriculum-based learning content while… Read more
What do we want to know? This systematic review conducted on behalf of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) examines the evidence regarding the sustainable scaleup of low-cost private primary schools in South and West Asia, in particular Afghanistan and Pakistan. Who wants to know and why? Increasingly, ‘low-cost private schools’ are seen… Read more
In Thailand, the Nursing and midwifery council has projected a shortage of 50,000 nurses by 2020. To meet this gap, there is a need to increase the number of nurses being trained. Private training institutions offer one potential route to expand the supply, however, little is known about these institutions and how they fit into… Read more