Description
This book offers policy makers, teachers and teacher trainers a framework for understanding inclusive education in the developing world.
With a major focus on South Africa, it argues that planning for inclusive education must rupture old theories, assumptions, models and tools - including a recognition of how the history of special education has psychologized failure - with the mainstream taking ownership of the transformation to a fairer system. The author contends that for inclusive education to take hold, policy makers need to contextualize the curriculum to the needs of the developing country, and to place the vulnerable and working class demographic at the heart of the planning process - recognizing that the performative culture of developed countries will marginalize and alienate this majority group.
Providing practical guidelines on developing full-service schools that can cater for learners who experience a range of barriers to learning, Inclusive Education in South Africa and the Developing World will be of great value to all those with an interest in education, inclusion and social justice both within South Africa and beyond.
About the Author
Sigamoney Manicka Naicker is Extraordinary Professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and Chief Director of Inclusive Education in the Western Cape. He was appointed as Commissioner on the National Committee for Education Support Services in South Africa by the then President of South Africa, Mr Nelson Mandela, in 1996, and became the first Director of Inclusive Education in South Africa in 2001.
Reviews
For inclusive education to take place in South Africa and other African countries, argues Naicker, it is necessary to rupture the special education model. Dealing with the theory and practice of inclusive education, he offers developing countries a framework for how theories, assumptions, practices, and tools need to change in order to develop a truly inclusive education and training system. Among his topics are the history of special education and the challenges for inclusive education, the education landscape of developing countries and the need for the ideology of inclusive education: barriers to learning, and practical recommendations for developing an inclusive education system. -- Annotation (c)2018 * (protoview.com) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787541306
Author Sigamoney Naicker
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 391g
With a major focus on South Africa, it argues that planning for inclusive education must rupture old theories, assumptions, models and tools - including a recognition of how the history of special education has psychologized failure - with the mainstream taking ownership of the transformation to a fairer system. The author contends that for inclusive education to take hold, policy makers need to contextualize the curriculum to the needs of the developing country, and to place the vulnerable and working class demographic at the heart of the planning process - recognizing that the performative culture of developed countries will marginalize and alienate this majority group.
Providing practical guidelines on developing full-service schools that can cater for learners who experience a range of barriers to learning, Inclusive Education in South Africa and the Developing World will be of great value to all those with an interest in education, inclusion and social justice both within South Africa and beyond.
About the Author
Sigamoney Manicka Naicker is Extraordinary Professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and Chief Director of Inclusive Education in the Western Cape. He was appointed as Commissioner on the National Committee for Education Support Services in South Africa by the then President of South Africa, Mr Nelson Mandela, in 1996, and became the first Director of Inclusive Education in South Africa in 2001.
Reviews
For inclusive education to take place in South Africa and other African countries, argues Naicker, it is necessary to rupture the special education model. Dealing with the theory and practice of inclusive education, he offers developing countries a framework for how theories, assumptions, practices, and tools need to change in order to develop a truly inclusive education and training system. Among his topics are the history of special education and the challenges for inclusive education, the education landscape of developing countries and the need for the ideology of inclusive education: barriers to learning, and practical recommendations for developing an inclusive education system. -- Annotation (c)2018 * (protoview.com) *
Book Information
ISBN 9781787541306
Author Sigamoney Naicker
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited
Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 391g
