Research Interests

Memberships

Journal Publications

• Wijesekera, H.D, "Recognizing Diversity: Multiethnic Sinhala- and Tamil-medium schools in Sri Lanka"
• WIJESEKERA, H. D., & HAMID, M. O "The dynamics of bilingual education in post-conflict Sri Lanka"
• Wijesekera, H.D. & Alford, J "Bilingual Education classrooms in Sri Lankan schools: A social space for ethnolinguistic reconciliation"
• Chan Alice, W. Y., Amarasingam, A., Couture, A, Wijesekera, H.D., Tiflati, H., & Matemba Y. H "When Discussion of Religion is Not Encouraged: Dont Ask, Dont tell."
• : Karunanayake, S.P., Weerakoon, W. M. S., Wijesekera, H. D., Nawarathna, N. M. R. K., Ramathass, P. & Weerasinghe M. D. B. P ". Towards digital thinking and practices: Experiences of Sri Lankan teachers and students"
• Wijesekera, H.D, Alford, J., & Mu, M. G "Forging inclusive practice in ethnically-segregated school systems: lessons from one multiethnic, bilingual education classroom in Sri Lanka "
• Wijesekera, H. D. "Dreams deferred: English language teaching in Sri Lanka "
• WIJESEKERA, H. D "| Improving the product through the process: using cooperative group tasks to improve accuracy in L2 writing of ESL students"
• Wijesekera, H. D. "Education as a Tool of Ethnic Integration: Are we successful?"
• Wijesekera, H. D. "How Teachers of English perceive their In-Service Advisors: A root cause for the failure of ESL in Sri Lanka? The Learning Teacher "
• Padwad, A., Wijesekara. H., Phyak, P., Manan, S., & Mohamed, N. "). EMI in South Asia"
• Ruzaika, S.H.F. & Wijesekera, H. D. "Enhancing Higher Order Thinking Skills in Sri Lankan English Medium Instruction Science Classrooms: An Action Research"
• Lawrence, D. & Wijesekera, H. D. "An Analysis of 4C Skills Representation in the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) General English (GE) Textbook in Sri Lanka"
• Wijesekera, H. D. "Translanguaging in English Language Education in Sri Lanka: Social and academic grains"
• Wijesekera, H. D. "Teacher Continuing Professional Development, Mentoring and Supervision for TESL"
• Wijesekera, H. D. "Methodology for CLIL teachers"
• Wijesekera, H. D. & Nanayakkara N "Report: (2024). Situational Analysis of Bilingual Education Approach (English Medium instruction) in Sri Lankan government and government-assisted schools: Towards informed policy recommendations. National Education Commission, Sri Lanka. "
• Sedere, U., Chandramohaan, K., Coperahewa, S., Mendis, D., Nanayakkara, P., Wickramagamage, C., & Wijesekera, H. "Commissioned Report: Recommendations for the National Policy on Medium of Instruction in Schools"
• WIJESEKERA, H. D ""Nurturing Assessment for Learning through Assessment of teachers: Praxis-pedagogy for teacher/student development"
• WIJESEKERA, H. D ""
• WIJESEKERA, H. D "Heteroglossia in Bilingual Education classrooms: A 'third space' for investment in inclusive social capital and social justice"
• WIJESEKERA, H. D "Assessments for Learning and promoting 21st-century skills through Alternative Assessments in English Language classrooms"
• WIJESEKERA, H. D "Is going online a panacea for teaching/learning: Risking equity and inclusion at the time of the lockdown"
• WIJESEKERA, H. D "“Accruing ‘Inclusive Social Capital’ through Diversity Responsiveness in Multiethnic Bilingual Education Classrooms: Lessons from (and for) Post-conflict Sri Lanka"
• WIJESEKERA, H. D "“The paradox of the Sri Lankan public education system and language of instruction: From exclusivity to inclusivity through Bilingual Education.”"
• WIJESEKERA, H. D "Promoting equality in multiethnic BE classrooms by stimulating ‘linguistic communism’. In LLTT SIG Symposium #2 - The place of teacher agency amid constraining education conditions"
• WIJESEKERA, H. D "Embracing Translanguaging: Empowering English Language Learners and Promoting Acquisition” "
• PERERA, C. & WIJESEKERA, H. D "Translanguaging in Bilingual Education Secondary School classrooms during ESL cooperative group activities: Forms, functions and Learner Perceptions"