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Umesh Sharma is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in social sciences and medicine, with a particular focus on education and related interdisciplinary subfields. Their academic work covers a broad range of topics primarily centered on inclusive education, teacher leadership, and disability support.

The main fields of study in Sharma's research include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Medicine

Within these broader domains, their work is specialized in several subfields such as:

  • Education
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Safety Research
  • Surgery

Key topics addressed in their publications prominently feature:

  • Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Disability Education and Employment
  • Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies

Sharma has coauthored numerous works with recurrent collaborators including Pearl Subban, Tim Loreman, Caroline Sahli Lozano, Stuart Woodcock, and Erin Leif. These partnerships reflect a networked research environment focused on inclusive education and related practices.

Their research outputs have appeared in a diverse set of academic journals, with frequent publications in:

  • International Journal of Inclusive Education
  • Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education
  • Teaching and Teacher Education
  • International Journal of Educational Research
  • Pan African Medical Journal

Among their notable papers are:

  • "Innovations in teacher education at the time of COVID19: an Australian perspective," 2020, Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy
  • "Teacher self-efficacy and inclusive education practices: Rethinking teachers' engagement with inclusive practices," 2022, Teaching and Teacher Education
  • "Factors influencing teacher self-efficacy for inclusive education: A systematic literature review," 2022, Teaching and Teacher Education
  • "Principal leadership for students with disabilities in effective inclusive schools," 2020, Journal of Educational Administration
  • "Measuring the use of inclusive practices among pre-service educators: A multi-national study," 2021, Teaching and Teacher Education

Best Publications

  • Measuring teacher efficacy to implement inclusive practices

    Umesh Sharma;Tim Loreman;Christine Irene Forlin

  • Impact of Training on Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes and Concerns about Inclusive Education and Sentiments about Persons with Disabilities.

    Umesh Sharma;Christine Irene Forlin;Tim Loreman

  • Demographic differences in changing pre‐service teachers’ attitudes, sentiments and concerns about inclusive education

    Christine Irene Forlin;Tim Loreman;Umesh Sharma;Chris Earle

  • Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes, Concerns and Sentiments about Inclusive Education: An International Comparison of Novice Pre-Service Teachers.

    Umesh Sharma;Christine Irene Forlin;Tim Loreman;Chris Earle

  • The Sentiments, Attitudes, and Concerns about Inclusive Education Revised (SACIE-R) Scale for Measuring Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions about Inclusion

    Christine Irene Forlin;Chris Earle;Tim Loreman;Umesh Sharma

  • Do Pre-Service Teachers Feel Ready to Teach in Inclusive Classrooms? A Four Country Study of Teaching Self-Efficacy.

    Tim Loreman;Umesh Sharma;Christine Irene Forlin

  • Primary school teachers' perceptions of inclusive education in Victoria, Australia

    Pearl Subban;Umesh Sharma

  • Variables affecting teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education in Bangladesh

    Masud Ahmmed;Umesh Sharma;Joanne Deppeler

  • An international comparison of pre-service teacher attitudes towards inclusive education

    Chris Forlin;Umesh Sharma;Tim Loreman

  • Innovations in teacher education at the time of COVID19: an Australian perspective

    Janet Scull;Michael Phillips;Umesh Sharma;Kathryn Garnier

  • The inclusive practices of classroom teachers: a scoping review and thematic analysis

    Simon Finkelstein;Umesh Sharma;Brett Furlonger

  • Attitudes and concerns of pre-service teachers regarding inclusion of students with disabilities into regular schools in Pune, India

    Umesh Sharma;Dennis William Moore;Sanjeev Sonawane

  • Exploring Pre-Service Teachers' Perceived Teaching-Efficacy, Attitudes and Concerns About Inclusive Education in Bangladesh

    M. Tariq Ahsan;Umesh Sharma;Joanne M. Deppeler

  • Factors influencing teacher self-efficacy for inclusive education: A systematic literature review

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  • Reforming teacher education for inclusion in developing countries in the Asia Pacific region

    Christine Irene Forlin;Umesh Sharma;Joanne Deppeler;Guang-xue Yang

  • Teacher self-efficacy and inclusive education practices: Rethinking teachers’ engagement with inclusive practices

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  • The impact of training on pre-service teacher attitudes, concerns, and efficacy towards inclusion

    Umesh Sharma;Anthony Nuttal

  • The development of an instrument for measuring pre-service teachers' sentiments, attitudes, and concerns about inclusive education

    Tim Loreman;Chris Earle;Umesh Sharma;Christine Irene Forlin

  • Teaching assistants in inclusive classrooms: A systematic analysis of the international research

    Umesh Sharma;Spencer J Salend

  • The impact of a teacher education course on pre‐service teachers' beliefs about inclusion: an international comparison

    Umesh Sharma;Laura Sokal

  • Measuring concerns about integrated education in India

    Umesh Sharma;Ishwar Desai

  • Understanding Educator Attitudes Toward the Implementation of Inclusive Education

    Pearl Subban;Umesh Sharma

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Forlin
Chris Forlin University of Notre Dame Australia
Andrea Reupert
Andrea Reupert Monash University
Darryl Maybery
Darryl Maybery Monash University
Penelope Hasking
Penelope Hasking Curtin University
Pamela Claire Snow
Pamela Claire Snow La Trobe University

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