Department of Education

Mr. EMPCS Ekanayake

PhD (UK), MPhil (Colombo), MEd (UK), PGDE (Peradeniya), BA (Peradeniya)

Dean

Department of Education
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Education

PhD

University of Leicester, UK

MPhil

University of Colombo

2011

MEd

University of Sussex, UK

2003

PGDE

University of Peradeniya

1997

BA

University of Peradeniya

1995

Current Positions

Dean - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2021 - To Present

Positions Held

Coordinator PGDE - Department of Education, University of Peradeniya, (Week End) Programme

2014 - 2021

Senior Lecturer (G.II) - Education Department of Education, University of Peradeniya

2011 - 2021

Teaching panel - Metropolitan School District, Madison, Wisconsin, USA,

2012 - 2014

Lecturer in Education - Department of Education, University of Peradeniya

2008 - 2011

Lecturer in Education - Faculty of Education OUSL

2005 - 2008

Assistant Lecturer in Education, - Department of Education, University of Peradeniya

2003 - 2005

Assistant Project Officer - Primary Mathematics Project, National Institute of Education, Maharagama, Sri Lanka

2000 - 2003

School Teacher - Ministry of Education

1995 - 2000

Publications

BOOKS

Ekanayake, P. (2011) Evaluation on teaching practice of PGDE students

Ekanayake, P. (2010) Evaluation of the effectiveness of the implementation of the educational reforms at secondary level

Ekanayake, P. (2010) An evaluation of the existing primary mathematics curriculum in Sri Lanka

Ekanayake, P. (2006) Problems of primary students in identifying shapes

Ekanayake, P. (2004) Student achievement in deprived schools in Sri Lanka

Ekanayake, P. (1998) National Basic Mathematic Survey

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Ekanayake, P. (2008/2009) Raising the students performance in mathematics (An action Research)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Ekanayake, P. ( 2014) Ethics of educational research, paper presented at the BERA conference, University of Leicester, United Kingdom

Research Interests

Comparative and international education, Education and national development, Curriculum development, Primary education