Brief CV of Dr David Mitchell June 2015

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Current Position Adjunct Professor College of Education University of Canterbury Christchurch NEW ZEALAND

Academic Qualifications PhD (University of Manchester, UK) MA (University of Canterbury, NZ) BA (University of New Zealand) (NZ) DipEdPsych (University of Auckland, NZ) DipEd (University of Canterbury, NZ) DipTchg (NZ Department of Education)

Honours Honorary Research Fellow, Manchester University (2004-07) Honorary Fellow, University of Waikato, for outstanding service (2002). Member of Royal Society of New Zealand (2003-) Past-President, Division for International Special Education Services (DISES), a division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), (2001-02). Merit Award from the University of Waikato for "excellence and high distinction in scholarship and research, teaching and other areas in the life and development of the University" (1992). 2

Recipient of 1990 McKenzie Award for Educational Research, in recognition of having made "a significant contribution to educational research by conducting high quality research over an extended period of time". The New Zealand Association for Research in Education makes one such award annually. Landsdowne Lecturer, School of Child Care, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada (1988). Fulbright Senior Research Scholar in Education, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, USA (1981-1982).

Previous Appointments 2004-05 Research Fellow and Research Director, Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand. 1969-2001 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor (1994-2001).

Professional Experience Primary and intermediate school teaching. Educational psychologist. University teaching and research in NZ and overseas, including supervision of several masters and PhD students. International consultancies in inclusive education, mainly with UNESCO and UNICEF.

Special Education Policy Experience Deputy chairperson of New Zealand’s Special Education Service Board (1989-1995). Member of New Zealand’s Minister of Education's National Advisory Committee on Special Education (1995 - 2001). Several consultancies to UNESCO on the education of children with special needs, with a focus on inclusive education (see below). Consultant to Step by Step inclusive education projects in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (2002-2003).

Professional Development Experience Co-director of Inclusive Schools Project, working in 400 New Zealand schools to provide professional development for all principals and teachers on the principles and practices of inclusive education. I wrote a 150-page manual, Creating Inclusive Schools, for this project. (1998-2000).

UNESCO Consultancies Consultant to UNESCO Regional Seminar on Policy, Planning and Organisation of 3

Education for Children and Young People with Special Needs, Harbin, China, February 1993. Consultant to UNESCO Workshops on the Promotion of Basic Education for Children with Special Needs, Bangkok, Thailand, November 1999; Beijing, China, June 2000; Ahmedabad, India, December 2000. Consultant to inclusive education projects in Central Asia: Almaty, Kazakhstan September 2001; Tashkent, Uzbekistan, September 2003. Invited presenter at UNESCO’s 48th session of the International Conference on Education, ‘Inclusive Education: The Way of the Future’, Geneva, November 2008. Invited speaker at Workshop on the Provision of Inclusive Quality Education for Children with Disabilities in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Timor-Leste”, Jakarta, Indonesia, November 2009, Invited participant and rapporteur at Second Experts’ Meeting on Enhancing Learning, Paris, December 2009. Prepared guidelines on Transition from School to Work for UNESCO (focusing on Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Timor-L’Este), and conducted two workshops on this topic (Malaysia and Timor L’Este).

Overseas Appointments Visiting professorships/fellowships at Manchester University, Educational Testing Service (Princeton, USA), State University of New Mexico, University of British Columbia, University of Calgary, Institute of Education at the University of London, Edinburgh University, International Institute for Educational Planning (Paris), University of Aalborg (Denmark), University of Götteborg (Sweden), National Taiwan Normal University, the University of Hong Kong, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Iceland University College of Education, Hyogo University of Teacher Education (Japan), National Institute of Education, Singapore; University of Arizona, University of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Qatar University, Ministry of Education, Ethiopia, and Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education, Warsaw, Poland.

Editorial Responsibilities Currently or recently on the editorial boards of six international special education/disability journals: Journal of International Special Needs (1997-), International Journal of Special Education (1985-), International Journal of Disability, Development and Education (1987-2000), Journal of Practical Approaches to Developmental Handicap (1987-2000), Journal of Disability Policy Studies (1999-2010). JASEN (2002-)

Publications Over 200 publications, including 16 books/monographs, 46 chapters in books, 48 articles in professional journals, 27 papers in conference proceedings, and over 60 reports and miscellaneous publications, mainly in the field of special/inclusive education and early intervention. 4

Papers to National and International Conferences Over 120 papers to professional conferences in New Zealand and overseas.

International Experience Lectures, workshops, invited keynote addresses, and consultancies in the course of visits to the following 55 countries (number of separate visits noted in brackets): Australia (8), Austria (1), Bangladesh (1), Belgium (3), Brunei (2), Canada (4), China (3), Denmark (2), England (8), Estonia (2), Ethiopia (3), Finland (2), France (2), Gaza Strip (1), Germany (3), Greece (1), Hong Kong (2), Hungary (1), Iceland (1), Ireland (1), India (3), Indonesia (2), Iran (1), Ireland (2), Israel (1), Italy (2), Japan (7), Kazakhstan (3), Kuwait (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), Latvia (1), Malaysia (3), Netherlands (2), Norway (3), Philippines (3), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Qatar (2), Russia (2), Serbia (2), Scotland (2), Singapore (1), Slovenia (2), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Sweden (3), Switzerland (1), Thailand (3), Taiwan (1), Timor L’Este (1), Turkey (1), United Arab Emirates (Dubai and Abu Dhabi) (2), USA (8), Uzbekistan (2), and Wales (1).

Other List owner of International Comparative Special Education Network, with 160 members from 60 countries.

Recent Publications Mitchell, D. (ed.). (2004). Special education needs and inclusive education. A four- volume series. London: Routledge. Major Themes in Education Collections. (2,400 pp) Volume 1: Systems and policies Mitchell, D. Series introduction (pp.1-6) Mitchell, D. Volume introduction (pp.7-16) Volume 2: Inclusive education Mitchell, D. Volume introduction (pp.1-10) Volume 3: Assessment and teaching strategies Mitchell, D. Volume introduction (pp.1-8) Volume 4: Effective practices Mitchell, D. Volume introduction (pp.1-12) Mitchell, D.R. (ed.). (2005). Contextualizing inclusive education: Evaluating old and new international perspectives. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge. (Paperback version published in 2008). Mitchell, D. Introduction: Sixteen propositions on the contexts of inclusive education. (pp. 1-21) Mitchell, D. & Desai, I. Diverse socio-cultural contexts for inclusive education in Asia. (pp. 166-201) Mitchell, D. (2008). What really works in special and inclusive education: Using evidence-based teaching strategies. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge. (pp. 240). Translated into Japanese. Mitchell, D. (2009). Inclusive education. In R. Jones-Parry (ed.). Commonwealth Education Partnerships 2009/10. (pp.55-57). London: Commonwealth Secretariat. 5

Mitchell, D., Morton, M. and Hornby, G. (2010). Literature review of Individual Education Plans, Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education (pp.153). Available on NZ Ministry of Education website: http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/102216/Literature- Review-Use-of-the-IEP.pdf Mitchell, D. (2010). Education that fits: Review of international trends in the education of students with special educational needs, Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education (pp.223). Available on NZ Ministry of Education website: https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/special_education/education-that- fits-review-of-international-trends-in-the-education-of-students-with-special- educational-needs/executive-summary Hornby, G., Witte, C. and Mitchell, D. (2011). ‘Policies and practices in ability grouping in New Zealand intermediate schools’. Support for Learning, 26(3), 92-96. Mitchell, D. (2012). Joined-up: A comprehensive ecological model for working with children with complex needs and their families. A review of the literature carried out for the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education. Available on NZ Ministry of Education website: http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/special_education http://www.mined u.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/TheMinistry/Consultation/JoinedUp.pdf Mitchell, D. (2013). ‘Proposed values, knowledge and skill sets for educators working in inclusive settings with learners with diverse educational needs.’ Baltic Journal of Special Education, 2(29), 145-157. Mitchell, D. and Karr, V. (eds) (2014). Conflict, disaster and disability. Ensuring equality. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge. (pp.239). Mitchell, D. (2014). ‘Twenty evidence-based strategies for enhancing learning.’ Erdelyi Pszichologiai Szemle (Transylvanian Journal of Psychology), Special Issue 2013, 13-32. Mitchell, D. (2014). What really works in special and inclusive education: Using evidence-based teaching strategies. Second edition. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge (pp. 347). This edition is or will be translated into Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Polish and Latvian: xxx Danish: Hvad der virker I inkluderende undervisning: evidensbaser undervisningsstraegier (Dafolo) Polish: Harmonia Universalis Swedish: Natur & Kultur Japanese: Japan UNI Agency Dutch: Wat écht werkt: 27 evidence-based strategieën voor het onderwijs’(Uitgeverij Pica) Serbian: XXX Mitchell, D. (2015). Equalising educational opportunity: Improving the achievement of learners from low socio-economic status backgrounds. A review of the literature carried out for the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Mitchell, D. (2015). ‘Inclusive education is a multi-faceted concept.’ Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal (Slovenia), 5(1), 9-30. Mitchell, D. (in press). ‘What’s next? Standards and guidelines for strengthening school-to-post-school transition programmes for students with disabilities.’ In D.L 6

Cameron and R. Thygesen (eds). Transitions in the field of special education: Theoretical perspectives and implications for practice. Waxman.

In preparation Mitchell, D. Diversities in education: Effective ways to reach all learners. Abingdon Oxon: Routledge (to be published in 2016).