The purpose of the study is to explore an international development assistance project in the education sector in Ethiopia, with an
explicit focus on inclusive education for students with disabilities. In particular, the author explores the critical role of the principal as a
leader who has the ability to maximize his or her school's ability to include and develop the capabilities of students in Ethiopia. Findings
from this study can derive lessons that could be useful for designing and implementing locally tailored and driven inclusive education programs
in other resource-lean contexts. The author will specifically examine perceptions of principals towards students with disabilities in Ethiopian
primary schools. The perceptions will be used to better understand the conditions, including supporting factors, necessary to successfully
implement an inclusion program in Ethiopian schools, many of which have no history of inclusion and are resource poor. Thick and rich
description of principal perceptions will be provided through a qualitative case study approach. The case was bounded by the participation in an
Assistive Technology Capacity Building Initiative (ATCBI), situated within a larger mother tongue education development project in Ethiopia.
Principal participants were interviewed twice during this initiative. Each of the principals had at least one teacher at his/her school who was
participating in the ATCBI and these teachers in the initiative were interviewed and observed by the researcher as part of this study and the
larger project. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Education Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of
the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester 2018. / November 14, 2018. / Ethiopia, Inclusive Education, International Development, Principals / Includes bibliographical references. / Helen Boyle, Professor Directing Dissertation; Sandra Lewis, University Representative; Stephanie
Zuilkowski, Committee Member; Patrice Iatarola, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_661161 |
| Contributors | Macon, Wykia S. (author), Boyle, Helen N. (professor directing dissertation), Lewis, Sandra (university representative), Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons (committee member), Iatarola, Patrice (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, doctoral thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (205 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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