Huafeng Zhang, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend her PhD thesis "Educational outcomes for primary school children in Africa: With a focus on children with disabilities" on Thursday 24 April 2025.
Norwegian title of the thesis:
“Utdanningsresultater for elever i barneskolen i Afrika: Med fokus på barn med nedsatt funksjonsevne”
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“What evidence can you draw on to demonstrate whether inclusive education policy and practices are having the desired impact on the educational inclusion of learners with disabilities in Africa?”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
24 April 2025, 12:15 at room T401, Tower Building, NMBU, Christian Magnus Falsens vei 30, Ås. MazeMap: T401, Tårnbygningen, NMBU - MazeMap
Program:
12:15 Welcome and trial lecture
13:05 Break
13:20 Presentation of the thesis and public defence
Evaluation committee:
- First opponent: Professor Nidhi Singal, The Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK.
- Second opponent: Senior Lecturer Dr. Paul Lynch, School of Education, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
- Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Roberto J. Garcia, School of Economics and Business, NMBU
Supervisors:
- Main supervisor: Professor Stein T. Holden, School of Economics and Business, NMBU
- Co-supervisor: Anne Hatløy, Research Professor Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research Oslo, Norway
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library. A PDF version of the thesis can be downloaded here
Thesis number 2024:45, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-2172-1