Episode 5: Engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse students, families and communities

Inclusive education is a fundamental human right that enables all other rights. Members of The Centre for Inclusive Education (C4IE) at QUT conduct high-quality research that aims to support students, educators, parents, academics, allied health professionals, policy officers, public servants, and politicians to have the requisite knowledge and skills to achieve the systemic reform needed to implement genuine inclusive education. In this podcast, C4IE Research Program Co-Leaders, along with host Haley Tancredi, share conversations with C4IE Members, C4IE Partners, and authors from the best-selling book Inclusive Education for the 21st Century: Theory, Policy and Practice. Listen as we debate some of the misconceptions about what inclusion is (and is not), gain a deeper understanding of the world-leading research being conducted by C4IE researchers, and discuss evidence-based practices that support engagement and learning for all students. Associate Professor Jennifer Alford and Dr Francis Bobongie-Harris are both members of The Centre for Inclusive Education. Jen and Francis have both worked as teachers and they have expertise in culturally diverse learners. To learn more about Jen and Francis' research, check out QUT ePrints, where you can access scholarly research. Jen’s ePrints can be accessed here and Francis' ePrints are linked here. You may also be interested in a current project that Francis is currently leading, titled Development of an Indigenous Methodological Framework: Initiating an Indigenous Language Program in an Early Learning Centre in Regional Queensland. Jen is also a current ARC DECRA recipient and her research project is titled Enhancing critical reading with migrant and refugee-background youth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices