{"id":58,"date":"2019-05-28T05:24:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T05:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2024-03-18T10:25:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T10:25:49","slug":"experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/index.php\/experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Appointments<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>to date<\/span><span>2020\/07<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Director<\/h4><p>National Education Research and Evaluation Center, Sri Lanka <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015\/08<\/span><span>2014\/04<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Acting Director<\/h4><p>National Education Research and Evaluation Center, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>present<\/span><span>2008\/11<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Lecturer<\/h4><p>Department of Social Science Education, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2008\/11<\/span><span>2008\/04<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Senior Lecturer<\/h4><p>Department of Education, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>present<\/span><span>present<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior academic<\/h4><p>Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Colombo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>present<\/span><span>present<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Visiting Lecturer<\/h4><p>Faculty of Science, University of Colombo.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2018\/11<\/span><span>2018\/10<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Visiting Scholar<\/h4><p>International University of Japan<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2016\/11<\/span><span>2016\/09<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Visiting Scholar<\/h4><p>School of Education of the University of Tampere,Finland<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2012\/10<\/span><span>2012\/09<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Visiting Academic<\/h4><p>Faculty of Education, University of Deusto, Spain<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2013\/09<\/span><span>2013\/08<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Visiting Scholar<\/h4><p>Faculty of Education, University of Pune<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2014\/03<\/span><span>2014\/02<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4> Resource Person<\/h4><p>Faculty of Education, University of Pune<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>end<\/span><span>2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Member of the Academic<\/h4><p>Research and Evaluation Committee of the NEREC<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015\/08<\/span><span>2014\/04<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Acting Director<\/h4><p>National Education Research and Evaluation Center (NEREC), Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015\/12<\/span><span>2015\/03<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Commission member <\/h4><p>Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Workshops<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Participation in the first Capacity Development Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand Organized by NEQMAP<\/li><li class=\"\"> Participation in the third Capacity Development Workshop organized by NEQMAP in SEOUL, Korea<\/li><\/ul><h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Other Experiences<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">I have worked at the following universities as Visiting Scholar,Tampere University - Finland,Deusto University - Spain, University of Pune - India, International University of Japan ,Vorarlberg College of Teacher Education - Austria, Purdue University - USA<\/li><li class=\"\">I have conducted seminars and presentations to international students at the University of Oslo about the impact of globalization on education policy in Sri Lanka.<\/li><li class=\"\">Faculty Coordinator for Ethnic Cohesion Program conducted under the Higher Education for the Twentieth Century Project<\/li><li class=\"\">Researching on barriers for social cohesion under the (HETC) project<\/li><li class=\"\">Consultant to the Department of Education and Extension of the University of Pune, India in improving Curriculum and Staff Development of the Master\u2019s degree programme in Education.  <\/li><li class=\"\">Consultant to the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT) in developing the Bachelor of Education degree programmes under a government project.<\/li><li class=\"\">Consultant to the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Kelaniya in developing the Diploma in Education Programme for the undergraduates of the same.<\/li><\/ul><h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Employement Details<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>June 2006<\/span><span> January 2002 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Fellow<\/h4><p>University of Oslo<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>November 2008<\/span><span>April 2008 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Lecturer (Grade ii)<\/h4><p>University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>March 2021  <\/span><span>November 2008 <\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Senior Lecturer (Grades i-ii) <\/h4><p>University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span> to date<\/span><span>March 2021<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Professor<\/h4><p><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-dates \"><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/social.science.education\/lakshman.wedikkarage\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}