Dianne Chambers

Dianne Chambers is a professor and Director International in the School of Education at Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia.  She has recently returned from working at the Center for Educational Needs Practice and Research, Institute for Diversity and Inclusion at Hiroshima University in Japan.

Prior to her appointment to these positions Dianne coordinated and taught courses on catering for students with disabilities, inclusion and behaviour management at undergraduate level at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle. Postgraduate teaching areas included adaptive education, behaviour management and social skills, children with special needs, educating students who are gifted and talented and research methods.

Dianne is published in the field of inclusive education, assistive technology, service learning and children with ASD. She has consulted with UNESCO on guidelines for persons with disabilities and Open and Distance Learning using open solutions (published), and teacher education for global citizenship, and attended invited symposia with the World Health Organisation regarding assistive technology. Internationally she has also worked for the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) supporting the use of assistive technology in TVET institutions in Mauritius, Kenya, Zambia, the Gambia, and the Caribbean. She is a member of a number of National and International organisations, including the CEC and ARATA. Dianne has edited four books in the area of inclusive education, wellbeing, service learning and working with teaching assistants, and several on assistive technology. She supervises students within the School of Education Masters and PhD programs.