About
Anastasia Voulagka is a part-time PhD student based at BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 Education School. Anastasia’s research project focuses on developing understanding on how multidisciplinary collaboration can support the inclusive education of children with additional support needs in primary schools in Scotland.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Inclusive education
- Multi-disciplinary collaboration
- Co-teaching
- Differentiated instruction
Current research
Anastasia’s current research focuses on developing understanding on how collaboration between professionals, parents and children with complex additional support needs can support the social and educational inclusion of these children in mainstream primary schools in Scotland. The study seeks to understand the complex phenomenon of multidisciplinary collaboration through case studies in which parents, professionals and children with complex additional support needs are the main participants. The data generation process is based on the principles of the Critical Communicative Methodology approach through the use of observations, online semi-structured interviews and online focus group discussions.
Thesis title: Multidisciplinary collaboration and inclusive education of children with Complex Additional Support Needs in Scottish Primary Schools.
Supervisors: Vasilis Strogilos, Melanie Nind
Date started: December 2018
Publications
Biography
Anastasia obtained her bachelor degree in Special Education with distinction from the Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly, Greece. Then she obtained a MSc with distinction from the Department of Preschool Education of the same university. Anastasia has pertinent professional experience as an Additional Support Needs Teacher (ASN) in Scottish and Greek schools and she has worked in a variety of primary and preschool settings.