Inclusive education

Question 1

Which document in SA provides guidelines for inclusive and special needs education?

Answer 1

White Paper 6 (2001)

Question 2

This document provides…

Answer 2

• framework for the building of an Inclusive Education and Training system
• Conceptual and operational guidelines for the implementation of inclusive education

Question 3

The inclusive education system is based on the following principles:

Answer 3

• human rights
• social justice
• participation
• equal and equitable access to Ed
• respect for diversity
• community responsiveness
• cost effectiveness

Question 4

What caused the move towards inclusivity?

Answer 4

A move from the medical model of disability to the social model

Question 5

Inclusion is about…

Answer 5

Celebrating diversity and including all at risk of being excluded

Question 6

Which 2 conferences were NB for the global move towards inclusive Ed?

Answer 6

Jomtien World Conference – 1990

Salamanca Conference and Declaration – 1994

Question 7

The Salamanca conference proposed that…

Answer 7

ordinary schools with an inclusive approach are the most effective for combatting discrimination, creating welcoming communities and building a society of inclusion and education for all

Question 8

Inclusion

Answer 8

The practice and process of involving and meeting the diverse needs of all learners regardless of age, ability, socio-economic background, talent, gender, language, HIV status, cultural origin – in supportive classrooms

Question 9

Elements of inclusion

Answer 9

• increases learner participation in creating school culture
• Restructures policies/practices to meet the diverse needs of learners
• Diversity viewed as a rich resource, not a problem
• Establish good supporting relations with community
• Inclusivity of school spreads to broader society

Question 10

Barriers to learning

Answer 10

• Negative attitudes to and stereotyping of difference.
• An inflexible curriculum.
• Inappropriate LOTL
• Inappropriate communication.
• Inaccessible and unsafe built environments.
• Inappropriate and inadequate support services.
• Inadequate policies and legislation.
• The non-recognition and non-involvement of parents.
• Inadequately and inappropriately trained education managers and educators

Question 11

What is a full-service school?

Answer 11

schools that will be equipped and supported to provide for the full range of learning needs among all our learners

Question 12

Curriculum and classroom barriers to learning

Answer 12

• LOTL
• Classroom organisation/management
• Pace of teaching
• Material and equipment for learning
• Assessment forms