2001: Phyllis Jones, University of Northumbria

The travel scholarship for 2001 has enabled Phyllis to spend time travelling to the University of Washington, Seattle and the University of Maryland, Washington DC. She spent a greater period of time at the University of Washington (one month), a shorter visit (one week) to the University of Maryland. Whilst in the USA she was able to arrange an opportunistic one-day meeting with colleagues at the University of Central Florida. Phyllis was particularly interested in the provision, initiatives and developments that each of the Universities offer in relation to:

• training teachers to work with pupils with severe and complex learning disabilities
• training teachers to work in inclusive contexts
• competency/ standards based training
• research interests in relation to teacher education and learning