Dr.(Mrs.) K.A.C. Alwis
PhD in Special Education
Head of the Department
Department of Special Needs Education
Room No. 12, 2nd floor, Education Faculy
PhD in Special Needs Education Masters in Special Needs Education B.Ed in Special Needs Education
Programme Co-ordination
M.Ed in Special Needs Education
Course Co-ordination
Technology for Special Needs Education Introduction to Exceptionalities and Learning Needs Rehabilitation and Community Based Rehabilitation
Area of Specialization Deaf Education Inclusive Education Special Needs Education
Research Interests Inclusive Education Special Needs Education Classroom Practices
Research Publications
- Children with Hearing Impairment in the Regular Classroom, Sri Lankan Journal of Educational Research, Vol.9, No.1, 2005
- Issues related to Teacher Training in the Education of Children with Hearing Impairments in Sri Lanka - journal of “Memoirs of the Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University", Japan. (2009)
- Diverse Needs of Special Children: Analyzing the Classroom Discourse”, Education Perspectives. The BI-Annual Journal of the Research & Development branch. Ministry of Education Sri Lanka VoL.1 No. 1 July 2012;
- A Teacher Helper Model for Effective Implementation of Inclusive Education in Sri Lanka SAARC, Journal of Educational Research, Vol.09. (2012) “Special Education in Sri Lanka: After Hundred Years”, Special Education- Hundred years Celebrations Magazine, 2012; Non formal and Special Education Branch, Ministry of Education
Ongoing Research
- Evaluation of interactive multimedia developed to enhance multi- grade teaching Level of Preparedness of Government School Teachers for Inclusive Education in Sri Lanka
Research Supervision
- External supervisor for Masters Thesis, “determining the major factors affecting the empowerment of profoundly hearing impaired school leavers of the special schools in the western province. Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Colombo
Other Publications
Books :
Development of speech skills in hearing impaired children. Assistance co- author NIE publication “How we shall fill the classroom with learning opportunities” article written to the magazine, Inclusive Education National Conference 2003 Considering factors-Application of instructions in an inclusive classroom (2010) “Adeeksha” Publication of Faculty of Education, OUSL. “Reflective teaching approaches” (2013) “Adeeksha” Publication of Faculty of Education, OUSL “Special Education in Sri Lanka: After Hundred Years”, Special Education- Hundred years Celebrations Magazine, 2012; Non formal and Special Education Branch, Ministry of Education
Awards
Annual research awards 2009/2010 for the discipline of education research paper titled "issues related to teacher training in the Education of children with Hearing impairments in Sri Lanka 2009/2010 for the best video production “School for All”
