Rosemary Sage is a professor

Professor

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 of education

Education

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 specializing in communication

Communication

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 and learning

Learning

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. Her work is recognised in her homeland, the United Kingdom

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, and internationally. Sage was until 2008 Professor of Communication at Liverpool Hope and is currently Professor of Education at the College of Teachers

College of Teachers

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 based at the Institute of Education, London. She is visiting professor at Nara Women's University

Nara Women's University

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, Japan

Japan

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. She has published over 100 articles in international journals

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 and many books. Her Communication Opportunity Group Strategy has earned her national and international awards

Sage is a trustee

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 of the Association for Speech Impaired Children, a trustee of the Independent Panel for Education Advice, president of Human Communication International, education advisor to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and a member of the Research Committee of the British Stammering Association and Sir Michael Rutter

Michael Rutter

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's Advisory Committee on Language Research.

Publications

• A World of Difference: Tackling Inclusion in Schools (2004)
• Start Talking and Stop Misbehaving: Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (2002)
• Helping Able and Less Able Students to Communicate in School. (2002)

External links

• Page on the University of Leicester's School of Education website