SIG Meet & Discuss: Inclusive Education
Join us for the next meeting of the Inclusive Education Special Interest Group, where members will come together to network, reflect, and explore key themes in inclusive education. We will begin...
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Karen Zecca, Mrs
Academic Lecturer / Associate Tutor / Senior Research Assistant / Professional Doctorate of Education student at Cardiff Metropolitan University
Karen Zecca is a fourth-year EdD candidate at Cardiff Metropolitan University, researching how to enhance education for individuals with disabilities by strengthening student teacher self-efficacy. She is also completing a PGCTAP, further developing her expertise in academic practice.
Her doctoral research includes the Zecca Model (2024), a holistic framework that modernises the social model of disability by recognising intersecting identities such as gender, race, and socioeconomic status to inform inclusive teaching.
A former elite athlete and wheelchair user with lived experience of invisible disability, Karen brings personal insight to her work as an Associate Tutor and Senior Research Assistant at Cardiff Metropolitan University and Academic Lecturer at Cardiff and Vale College. Her research, which won awards at the Cardiff Metropolitan University DRG Research Conferences, centres on inclusive pedagogy, social justice, and promoting equitable access in higher and further education
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The Inclusive Education SIG provides a forum for critical discussion about all aspects of Inclusive education. Our concerns are with the substantive, methodological and ethical aspects of research...