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dc.contributor.advisorLazarus, Sandy
dc.contributor.authorStofile, Sindiswa Yvonne
dc.contributor.otherNULL
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Education
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-10T12:03:42Z
dc.date.available2010/03/25 01:15
dc.date.available2010/05/13
dc.date.available2014-02-10T12:03:42Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/2827
dc.descriptionPhilosophiae Doctor - PhDen_US
dc.description.abstractThe main aim of this study was to understand the factors that facilitate or constrain the implementation of inclusive education in the South African context. These factors were explored through a qualitative case study. A documentary analysis, as well as unstructured and semi-structured interviews was used to collect the data within die context of the research aims, questions, and a framework of categories, drawn from relevant literature, was used to analyse the data. The first major finding of this study was that the implementation of inclusive education policy in South Africa has been facilitated by the school communities' beliefs, values and norms relating to the inclusion of learners with disabilities. The second major finding of this study is that the designers of the inclusive education policy underestimated the deep-seated socio-economic factors that inhibit effective learning in certain contexts. Poverty was identified as a major constraining factor in the study, followed by the complexities of the National Curriculum Statement, a lack of capacity to implement the policy, lack of support for policy implementation, and the limitations of the Education White Paper 6 itself. Given the facilitating and constraining factors emerging from this study, the recommendations made have been based on the assumption that the implementation of inclusive education policy is a worthwhile endeavour.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectInclusive educationen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectMainstreaming in educationen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleFactors affecting the implementation of inclusive education policy: A case study in one province in South Africaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa


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