Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Anniversary Inclusive Education Fellowship Program
Project acronym: ADA AIEFP
Project web-site: https://umn.qualtrics.com/
Project duration: December 1, 2016 – December 31, 2017
Grant holders: University of Minnesota, Arizona State University
Contact person: Renata Ticha, University of Minnesota
Project goals: introducing methods of inclusive education in primary schools, high schools, and universities of Ukraine, Armenia, India, and Kazakhstan
Project objectives:
- Arranging a 6-week intensive fellowship program for professionals involved in inclusive education in educational establishments of Minnesota and Arizona for gaining experience and introducing new approaches;
- Developing projects on inclusive education at educational establishments of the participants;
- Implementing common projects on introducing modern inclusive education teaching techniques in Ukraine, India, Armenia, and Kazakhstan
Obtained results:
- Establishing a network of inclusive schools and higher institutions in Ukraine, India, Armenia, and Kazakhstan;
- Departments of inclusive education at universities of the Program participants for training teachers of various subjects;
- Involvement of state and educational organizations in developing the projects;
- Exchange Program for sharing experience after the Fellowship and project implementation in Ukraine, India, Armenia, and Kazakhstan;
- Professional workshops and seminars;
- International Inclusive Education community.
Partners:
- University of Minnesota (USA);
- Arizona State University (USA);
- Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan);
- Bilim Central Asia Education Center (Kazakhstan);
- Armenian State Pedagogical University (Armenia);
- Vasyl Stefanyk National Precarpathian University (Ukraine);
- Odessa Development Fund (Ukraine);
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences (India).
Project implementation: Department of Primary Education, Department of English Philology
Contact person and project manager in Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University: Vira Velykoroda, Assistant Professor, Department of English Philology, e-mail: vtkhir@yahoo.com
Sergiy Sydoriv, e-mail: sergiysyd@gmail.com