Afroditi Kalambouka
Research Associate
Main research interests:
- Special Education Needs
- Inclusion
- Systematic reviews
- Self-Concept
- Transition from school to adulthood
- Autism
- Quantitative and qualitative research
- Main teaching interests: Research Methods
Selected recent publications:
Polat, F., Kalambouka, A. and Boyle, B. (2004). After secondary school, what? Transition of deaf people from school to independent living. Deafness & Education International, 6(1), 1-19.
Polat, F., Kalambouka, A. and Boyle, B. (2002). What Schools do to Facilitate the Transition of Students with Special Educational Needs from School to Adult Life: Findings from the First Phase of a Longitudinal Study. Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 4(2), 17-41.
Kalambouka, A. and Polat, F. (2002). Review of D. Smith's (Ed.) "Smoothing the Transfer for Pupils with Learning Difficulties". Book Review, British Journal of Special Education, 29(1), 55.
Polat, F., Kalambouka, A. and Boyle, B. (2002). "Building Tomorrow Together: Planning Effective transition for Pupils with Special Needs". In P. Farrell & M. Ainscow (Eds.) Making Special Education Inclusive. London: David Fulton Publisher.
Polat, F., Kalambouka, A, Boyle, B & Nelson, N. (2001). Post-16 Transition of pupils with special educational needs. Research Brief, No. 315, London: DfES.
Polat, F., Kalambouka, A., Boyle, B. and Nelson, N. (2001). Post-16 Transitions of Pupils with Special Educational Needs: Wave one of the National Longitudinal Study.
DfES Research Report RR315 (ISBN: 1841856363). London: DfES Publications. ( http://www.dfes.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/RR315.PDF)
Farrell, P. and Kalambouka, A. (2000). Teachers' Views of School Psychologists in Different Countries, International School Psychology Association Newsletter 'World Go Round', 27(5), 8-9.