Rate My Professor David Evans

Professor David Evans is Professor of Special and Inclusive Education in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. He serves as the convenor of the special and inclusive education programs and coordinates the Master of Special and Inclusive Education (Distance) program. His career emphasizes leadership in developing educational programs that promote equity and access for students with diverse learning needs.

Evans's research specializations encompass learning sciences, psychology of education, curriculum design to address special education needs, evidence-based practices, inclusive education, teacher attitudes toward inclusion, and universal design for learning. Through his academic roles, he advances inclusive practices in schools and early childhood settings. He engages in professional activities, including organizing symposia on universal design for learning and delivering webinars on supporting students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). In 2017, as Associate Professor, he participated in University of Sydney research teams awarded over $1.5 million in federal grants.

Key publications include his co-edited book Inclusive Education in Schools and Early Childhood Settings (Springer, 2020). Significant articles are "Secondary school teacher attitudes towards inclusive education and universal design for learning" (International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2026), "University pathway teachers' salient beliefs of inclusive education: an extended theory of planned behaviour study" (Higher Education Research & Development, 2024), "Moving Towards Inclusive Education: Secondary School Teacher Attitudes towards Universal Design for Learning in Australia" (Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, 2023), and "Subjective Quality of Life of Women with Intellectual Disabilities: The Role of Parental Bonding and Parental Health" (Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011). Additional contributions feature "Including All Students in Education: Students With Cerebral Palsy" and the chapter "Why I am Chosen as Inclusion Child?". Evans has 18 publications cited more than 409 times on ResearchGate, influencing policy, teacher training, and inclusive practices internationally.