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Department of Education

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

Prof. SMPWK Sethunga

Associate Professor

PhD, MA, BA (Japan)

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Education

PhD in Education

University of Tsukuba (Educational Administration) Japan

1998

MA in Education

Kyoto University of Education (Educational Administration) Japan

1993

BA in Education

Kyoto University of Education, Japan

1990

Current Positions

Associate Professor, - Department of Education, Faculty of Arts

Director, - Arts Education Unit, Faculty of Arts

2014 - To Present

Positions Held

Head - Department of Education ,Faculty of Arts

2005 - 2011

Acting Director - Staff Development Centre, University of Peradeniya

2007

Senior Lecturer - Department of Education,Faculty of Arts

1999 - 2009

Memberships

Research Team Leader - National Research Study on the Professional Development of Teachers and Teacher Educators, National Education Commission

2013

Fellowship - Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne

2009

Research Fellow - Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia.

2009

Fellowship - The Centre for Research on International Cooperation in Educational Development (CRICED), University of Tsukuba, Japan

2005

Awards

Gold Medal, Best presentation, - International Symposium on Issues and Challenges of the 21 st Century, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

2006

Publications

BOOKS

Gamage D. T. and Sethunga P (2010) Chapter 23: Developments in Sri Lankan System of Education: 3rd Century BC to the 21st Century. In Yong Zhao, Jing Lei, Guofang Li, Ming Fang He, Kaori Okano, Nagwa Megahed, David Gamage and Hema Ramnathan (Eds.) Handbook of Asian Education: A cultural perspective , New York and London Routledge Taylor and Francis Group 2010, pp.403-424

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Sethunga P (2010) Sri Lanka in progress towards "Education for All, by 2015": The Challenges of Broadening the Boundaries of Education while Maintaining the Quality of Learning, Japan Education Forum VII: Collaboration towards Greater Autonomy in Educational Development, pp 39-47.

Sethunga, P (2006) Japanese Teaching Strategies and Classroom Management Styles: Lessons from the Japanese Primary School Teachers through Classroom Observation. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Issues & Challenges of the 21 st Century, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka. pp 203-210

Sethunga, P (1995) Education assistance projects of Japanese ODA to Sri Lanka and problems in the decision - making Process, Bulletin of the JEAS, Japan Educational Administration Society, No. 21, pp 252-267

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Kuwahata M., Furuta H., Sethunga P (2008). Dietary Education in Sri Lanka (II): with a Particular Reference to "Environmental Related Activities" in Grade 3, 4 & 5 at Primary Education. The Humanities, Faculty of Education, University of Kumamoto, Japan 2008, November Vol. 57, pp 1-23.

Research Interests

Educational Administration and Leadership, Teacher Development and School Based Teacher Education, Comparative Education, Japanese Culture and Education, Classroom Management and Curriculum Development at Primary Level Education, Higher Education, Inclusive Education, Bilingual Education, Japanese Language Education


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