Welcome to the website of the Students with Additional Needs (SWANS) Project
The SWANs project is funded by a grant from the Australian Research Council, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the Centre for Advanced Assessment and Therapy Services.
The project aims to develop materials that will assist teachers to assess and report the learning of their students with additional needs. In 2007 almost 700 teachers across 77 Victorian government schools described their students’ proficiency in the areas of intrapersonal development, interpersonal processes, communication and literacy. The project team has used that information to refine the original assessment materials.
In 2008 and 2009, and with the continued assistance of teachers, the team wants to reassess these materials and establish their usefulness for schools, teachers and students. In particular, the team wants to find out if the information generated from the assessment materials can be used by teachers to support the development of teaching programs targeted to the specific learning needs of their students.
Explore the SWANS project
The SWANs project is funded by a grant from the Australian Research Council, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, The Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the Centre for Advanced Assessment and Therapy Services.
1. Welcome to the SWANs Project
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- 5. I’d like to read some background material about the SWANs research
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