Umesh Sharma

Personal profile

Biography

Umesh Sharma is Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Australia where he is the Academic Head of the Educational Psychology and Inclusive Education Community. Umesh’s research programs in the area of disability and inclusive education span India, Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Samoa as well as Australia, Canada, USA and New Zealand. He has conducted several award winning national and international projects on topics like Funding of education for students with disability for the Commonwealth of Australia, the Development of Personalised and Support Guidelines for Victorian Government, and the development of the National Policy on Inclusive Education for Solomon Islands. He has also received several awards for his contribution to academia including the Dean’s award for Excellence in Innovation and External Collaboration in 2012; the Dean’s Award for Research Impact (Economic and Social) in 2016; and, the Dean’s Award for Research Enterprise in 2017. He is the chief co-editor of the Australasian Journal of Special Education and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Inclusive and Special Education. He has authored over 150 academic articles, book chapters and edited books that focus on various aspects of inclusive education. His co-authored book “A Guide to Promoting a Positive Classroom Environment” was the recipient of the International Book Prize Award from the Exceptionality Education International. His project on the development of the Pacific Indicators for Inclusive Education received the Zero award for outstanding policy development from the United Nations in Vienna, 2016.

He was recently named as Australia's Research Field Leader in Special Education (a top rating for a researcher in his/her respective field).by the Australian Chief Scientist https://specialreports.theaustralian.com.au/1540291/.

His main areas of research are: positive behaviour support, inclusive education for disadvantaged children and policy and practice in special and inclusive education.

Research interests

Attitude and concern measurement; Positive behaviour Support; Inclusive curricular strategies; Inclusive education in developing countries; Teacher efficacy to implement inclusive education

Research area keywords

Inclusive Education
special education
attitude measurement
disability studies
Teacher Education
Educating for diversity and inclusion

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Projects

1 Active
22 Finished

Engaging national employers in customising employment for job-seekers living with Down syndrome: An evidence- and knowledge-based strategy.

Patnaik, S., Sharma, U. & De Souza, D.

29/07/19 → 29/12/08

Project: Research

Professional Learning Program for Special Education Teachers from the Zhejiang Province

Sharma, U., Zhang, H., Grove, C. & Mullick, J.

Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education

15/10/18 → 2/11/18

Project: Consultancy

Assess the Consistency and Accuracy of Teacher Judgements on the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) on School Students with Disability

Sharma, U., McLean, L., Grove, C. & Mullick, J.

Department of Education and Training (Comm)

3/10/18 → 28/06/19

Project: Research

Evaluation of the KNeo ESP Application

Sharma, U., Moore, D., Selwyn, N., Gasevic, D. & Hamdillah, C.

13/04/18 → 30/11/18

Project: Research

Environmental Scan to inform the Learning Difficulties including Dyslexia Website Project

Sharma, U., Mullick, J. & Ozzimo, C.

15/02/18 → 28/03/18

Project: Research

Research Output

86 Article
12 Chapter (Book)
10 Commissioned Report
4 Review Article
10 More

Effective teacher professional learning on classroom behaviour management: a review of literature

Paramita, P. P., Sharma, U. & Anderson, A., 2020, In : Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 45, 1, p. 61-81 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

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Indonesian teachers’ causal attributions of problem behaviour and classroom behaviour management strategies

Paramita, P., Sharma, U. & Anderson, A., 3 Mar 2020, In : Cambridge Journal of Education. 50, 2, p. 261-279 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Principal leadership for students with disabilities in effective inclusive schools

DeMatthews, D., Billingsley, B., McLeskey, J. & Sharma, U., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Educational Administration. 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

Addressing barriers to implementing inclusive education in the Pacific

Sharma, U., Armstrong, A. C., Merumeru, L., Simi, J. & Yared, H., 2 Jan 2019, In : International Journal of Inclusive Education. 23, 1, p. 65-78 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Assessing the Consistency and Accuracy of Teacher Judgements on the NCCD on School Students with Disability: Final Report

Sharma, U., McLean, L., Grove, C., Menage, C., May, F., Arthur-Kelly, M., Salend, S., Jovic, M., Martin, R., Haris, J., Barbosa, E., Butterworth, D. & Dimitropoulos, N., 26 Jun 2019, Melbourne Vic Australia: Monash University. 99 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Research

Activities

11 Contribution to conference
5 Editorial responsibility
1 Public lecture/debate/seminar