Development, education and learning in Sri Lanka: An international research journey
Illuminating narratives of changing education fortunes and inequalities, based on half a century of research on education in Sri Lanka, from Angela Little, Professor Emerita at IOE.
Development, education and learning in Sri Lanka: An international research journey
24 Oct 2024, 13:00 – 14:30
In this seminar, Angela will be discussing her recent book Development, Education and Learning in Sri Lanka: An international research journey, published by UCL Press.
The research journey captured in the book was undertaken in collaboration with Sri Lankan researchers island-wide in communities, schools, classrooms and education offices, through conversations with countless parents, teachers, students, community members, trade union officers, politicians and members of local, national and international development agencies, as well as through extensive documentary analysis.
Angela will discuss the need to understand education and development in a country’s own terms, and to place learning at the heart of education policy, situating it within broader conceptions of the purpose, values and means of development.
The seminar will include some brief reflections on the book from two of her colleagues from Sri Lanka, both IOE alumni.
This event will be particularly useful for researchers, students, and policymakers.
Please note this is a hybrid event and can be joined either in-person or online.
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Angela is also a former Fellow of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex. She was Professor of Education and International Development at IOE between 1987 and 2010.
Professor Manjula Vithanapathirana
Professor of Education
the University of Colombo
Professor Jayantha Balasooriya
Former Director of Planning
Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka
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