Mel Ainscow is Professor of Education and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education at the University of Manchester, UK. Previously a head teacher, local education authority inspector and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, his work at
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Mel Ainscow is Professor of Education and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education at the University of Manchester, UK. Previously a head teacher, local education authority inspector and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, his work attempts to explore connections between inclusion, teacher development and school improvement. A particular feature of this research involves the development and use of participatory methods of inquiry that set out to make a direct impact on thinking and practice in systems, schools and classrooms. Mel was director of a UNESCO Teacher Education project on inclusive education which involved research and development in over 80 countries, and is co-director of the school improvement network “Improving the Quality of Education for All (IQEA)”. He is consultant to UNESCO, UNICEF and Save the Children; and is Marden Visiting Professor at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He has two new books published in 2006: ‘Improving Urban Schools: Leadership and Collaboration’ (with Mel West, Open University Press) and ‘Improving Schools, Developing Inclusion’ (with Tony Booth, Alan Dyson and colleagues, Routledge).
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