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Collaboration in inclusive education: teachers’ perspectives and practices
(UWC, 2020)
Inclusive education (IE) is an international movement and South Africa is in the process of developing systems to support the process. The aim of this study was to develop narratives of teachers’ trajectories of collaboration ...
Investigating a comparison of the factors influencing teachers’ attitudes toward inclusion of learners with specific learning disorder with the reading subtype and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in public ordinary schools
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Inclusive education is practised globally as well as in South Africa and is researched widely.
South Africa’s policy document, Education White Paper 6: Special Needs Education:
Building an Inclusive Education and Training ...
Development of an instrument that supports and monitors inclusive cultures, policies and practices in a Western Cape School
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The democratisation of the South African government created a policy environment that enabled transformation in every sphere of our society. Transformation of the education sector was marked by the adoption of inclusive ...
Challenges to parental involvement in homework assignments of learners in a historically disadvantaged primary school in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
South Africa is amongst the lowest performers in numeracy and literacy in the developing countries, according to Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2006). Systemic research conducted by the Western ...
School-based support teams’ understandings and experiences of inclusive education in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
South Africa's education system has undergone dramatic changes in the last decade resulting in an increase in the levels of stress reported by educators. Changes, such as the implementation of Inclusive Education as well ...
Investigating the challenges that senior phase natural sciences teachers face in making science content meaningful for deaf and hard-of-hearing learners
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The 1994 transition process provided an opportunity for a massive change in South African society in all spheres, including education. In the previous political era, deaf learners and other learners with disabilities were ...
A case study of a neighbourhood school that included two learners who are blind
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Internationally, the rights of persons with disabilities to participate as full members of society through inclusive education has become a high priority with the adoption of the first legally binding treaty, the Convention ...
Investigating the challenges facing Itinerant Learning Support Educators (ilse) in the context of inclusive education in the Metro South Education District
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The study aims to understand the challenges facing the Itinerant Learning Support Educators in an Inclusive Education framework. At the onset of the study there were very limited research studies and literature available ...
An investigation of the challenges of implementing inclusive education in one Khayelitsha mainstream school
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This study investigated the challenges of implementing inclusive education in one Khayelitsha mainstream school. The key objectives of this study were to determine which aspects of implementation have worked well in the ...
Factors affecting the implementation of inclusive education policy: A case study in one province in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The 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 ...