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51	The role of resource centres in supporting learners requiring high levels of support, in the Pietermaritzburg district : a case study Asaram, Anusha 08 1900 (has links) Upon close examination of Education White Paper 6: Building an Inclusive Education System, it became evident that, special schools have a crucial role to play. EWP6 clearly outlines the roles of special schools as resource centres. This entails a paradigm shift from a medical to a social model.The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of resource centres in supporting learners who require high levels of support, in an inclusive education system in the Pietermaritzburg district. The study was conducted at a special school with 23 respondents. The triangulated data were collected through participant observations, open-ended questionnaire and interviews. This study revealed that not only are SSRCs totally committed to the paradigm shift but SSRCs are “leading " the way with regard to implementing inclusive strategies like SIAS process, the curriculum changes and alternate means of assessment. SSRCs are valuable resources that are currently under utilized. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inclusive Education) Special schools Special school resource centres Learner support High levels of support Medical model Social model Barriers to learning Inclusive education 371.920968475
52	An Historical Perpsective On the Academic Education Of Deaf Children In New South Wales 1860s-1990s Crickmore, Barbara Lee January 2000 (has links) This is an historical investigation into the provision of education services for deaf children in the State of New South Wales in Australia since 1860. The main focus is those deaf children without additional disabilities who have been placed in mainstream classes, special classes for the deaf and special schools for the deaf. The study places this group at centre stage in order to better understand their educational situation in the late 1990s. The thesis has taken a chronological and thematic approach. The chapters are defined by significant events that impacted on the education of the deaf, such as the establishment of special schools in New South Wales, the rise of the oral movement, and aftermath of the rubella epidemic in Australia during the 1940s. Within each chapter, there is a core of key elements around which the analysis is based. These key elements tend to be based on institutions, players, and specific educational features, such as the mode of instruction or the curriculum. The study found general agreement that language acquisition was a fundamental prerequisite to academic achievement. Yet the available evidence suggests that educational programs for most deaf children in New South Wales have seldom focused on ensuring adequate language acquisition in conjunction with the introduction of academic subjects. As a result, language and literacy competencies of deaf students in general have frequently been acknowledged as being below those of five their hearing counterparts, to the point of presenting a barrier to successful post-secondary study. It is proposed that the reasons for the academic failings of the deaf are inherent in five themes. / PhD Doctorate deaf Australia history NSW government policies Education Acts Catholic education non-government special schools special education special needs disability deaf culture schools for the deaf integration inclusion Opportunity Deaf (OD) classes hearing support classes special classes teacher training Itinerant teachers correspondence school normalisation eugenics rubella epidemics hearing-aids hearing-imparied oral language Signed English sign language Auslan
53	The spirituality of L'Arche and its potential in developing formation programs for people with learning disabilities Lucas, Pamela Turnbull 11 1900 (has links) The aim of this study is to address the proposition that the spirituality of L'Arche has a great deal of potential to offer people with learning disabilities outside its own community setting. For chaplains who have the task of seeking to nurture and develop the spiritual lives of people with learning disabilities in schools, there exists the opportunity to draw out the fundamental characteristics of the spirituality of L'Arche and incorporate these into their own formation programs. The opportunity to be creative and imaginative in developing formation programs comes from within the context of legislation which requires schools to meet the spiritual needs of the children in their care. / Christian Spirituality / M. Th. (Christian Spirituality) Education Reform Act 1988 Collective Worship Formation Spred Build Learning disability Special schools Spiritual Guides Spirituality Jean Vanier L'Arche 267.182 Arche (Association) Spiritual life -- Christianity Learning disabilities -- Treatment
54	Learner support to foundation phase learners who are intellectually impaired : a case study Erradu, Jordan 03 1900 (has links) Since 1994, the South African education system has undergone a number of paradigm shifts culminating in the implementation of the policy of Inclusive Education as highlighted in Education White Paper 6: Building an Inclusive Education and Training System. The purpose of this research was to explore how foundation phase learners who experience severe intellectual barriers to learning are provided with high levels of support at special schools in the Pietermaritzburg district. A case study design was embarked upon as this allowed for an in-depth exploration of the above research question. Three special schools in the Pietermaritzburg district that cater for learners who experience severe intellectual barriers to learning were chosen for this investigation. Quantitative and qualitative research methods, consisting of questionnaires, interviews and observation were utilised. The findings reveal that educators at these schools do provide high levels of support to foundation phase learners who experience severe intellectual barriers to learning. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inclusive Education) Learner support Foundation phase learners Intellectual impairment Education White Paper 6 Barriers to learning Special schools Special school resource centres Inclusive education Theories of learning Curriculum as a barrier to learning 371.904720968475
55	Strategies to address auditory perceptual deficits in a school of skills in the northern suburbs of Cape Town Jacobs, Jacqueline Rose 04 1900 (has links) The aim of this action research was to investigate how auditory perceptual deficits affect reading in learners with disabilities. The sub-questions were: What auditory perceptual deficits learners’ experience? How do educators assist learners with auditory perceptual deficits? What instructional strategies and classroom management can educators apply to assist learners with auditory perceptual skills? The data collections comprised of an informal oral assessment, observation and anecdotal notes with fifteen participants with barriers to learning, from the English first year class, within a special needs educational setting. Data analysis and validity were supported by triangulation through informal assessment, observation, my critical friend and my own critical reflection. The support of phonologic, memory, and cohesion skills, auditory skills were the reading educational construct and strategies used as intervention in order to identify the efficacy of said interventions. Both bottom-up and top-down support strategies were used in relation to the participants’ individualised educational needs. The research results and discussion included methods to improve reading and listening skills in the classroom environment. / Inclusive Education / M. Ed. (Inclusive Education) Auditory perceptual deficits Central auditory processing disorders Special schools School of skills Mild intelligence disability Moderate intelligence disability Barriers to learning 371.91447309687355

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