ETH306W
ASSIGNMENT 2
UNIQUE NUMBER: 683975
STUDENT NUMBER: 63330377
15 MAY 2021
DECLARATION
I, KARIEN SNYMAN (Name & Surname)
Student number: 63330377
Module code: ETH306W
Hereby declare the following:
- I understand UNISA’S policy on plagiarism.
- This assignment is my original work produced by myself.
- I have duly acknowledged all other people’s work (both
electronic and print) through the proper reference techniques
as stipulated in this module.
- I have not copied work of others and handed it in as my own.
- I have also not made my work available to any fellow students
to submit as their own.
Signature: K. SNYMAN
Date: 2021-05-15
, QUESTION 1:
1.1. 10 reasons for the adoption of inclusive education in South Africa:
• It is a human right.
• It makes good educational sense.
• It makes good social sense.
• It promotes the right to learn and live together.
• It promotes acceptance of diversity.
• It builds respect for one another.
• It supports a uniform and responsive education and training system.
• It supports the removal of all elementary discrimination.
• It supports positive interaction and learning from one another.
• It helps to build a rehabilitative and supportive society.
1.2.
Intrinsic Factors: Extrinsic factors:
Physical impairments – learner that is in a Socioeconomic barriers – when a learner
wheelchair or has a missing limb. does not have access to necessities like
medical care.
Mental or intellectual impairments – Discriminating attitudes – when learners
learners who find it difficult to learn. are categorised and excluded from
mainstream schools.
Sensory impairments – learners who find it Inflexible curriculum - when learners have
hard to see or hear. diverse needs that schools can meet.
Physiological impairments – learners who Language and communication – when
might have diseases like diabetes. communication in a classroom does not
take place in the learner’s home language
and it disadvantages them.
Multiple impairments – learners with more A lack of parental recognition and
than one impairment, like autism and a involvement – when there is a lack of
hearing impairment. concern from parents or when parents have
a negative attitude.
1.3. How do the following factors cause barriers to learning:
1.3.1. Discriminating attitudes:
The self-image of the learner is negatively impacted when a learner is categorised or
labelled. When a learner is labelled the needs of the learner cannot be satisfied and
the learner is placed at a further disadvantage. Discriminating against a learner for
any reason can cause that the learner is denied access to the education they
deserve and the right to receive education in a mainstream school rather than
placing a learner in a special school. Learners who are labelled are generally
classified as “uneducable” because educators have a lack of knowledge about
different physical and mental impairments, like a learner being classified as
intellectually impaired.
1.3.2. Inflexible curriculum:
When the diverse needs of the learners in the classroom is not met and provided for
due to an inflexible curriculum. When the involvement and initiative of learners are
restricted by the teaching style of teacher that is not adequately trained. Or when
ASSIGNMENT 2
UNIQUE NUMBER: 683975
STUDENT NUMBER: 63330377
15 MAY 2021
DECLARATION
I, KARIEN SNYMAN (Name & Surname)
Student number: 63330377
Module code: ETH306W
Hereby declare the following:
- I understand UNISA’S policy on plagiarism.
- This assignment is my original work produced by myself.
- I have duly acknowledged all other people’s work (both
electronic and print) through the proper reference techniques
as stipulated in this module.
- I have not copied work of others and handed it in as my own.
- I have also not made my work available to any fellow students
to submit as their own.
Signature: K. SNYMAN
Date: 2021-05-15
, QUESTION 1:
1.1. 10 reasons for the adoption of inclusive education in South Africa:
• It is a human right.
• It makes good educational sense.
• It makes good social sense.
• It promotes the right to learn and live together.
• It promotes acceptance of diversity.
• It builds respect for one another.
• It supports a uniform and responsive education and training system.
• It supports the removal of all elementary discrimination.
• It supports positive interaction and learning from one another.
• It helps to build a rehabilitative and supportive society.
1.2.
Intrinsic Factors: Extrinsic factors:
Physical impairments – learner that is in a Socioeconomic barriers – when a learner
wheelchair or has a missing limb. does not have access to necessities like
medical care.
Mental or intellectual impairments – Discriminating attitudes – when learners
learners who find it difficult to learn. are categorised and excluded from
mainstream schools.
Sensory impairments – learners who find it Inflexible curriculum - when learners have
hard to see or hear. diverse needs that schools can meet.
Physiological impairments – learners who Language and communication – when
might have diseases like diabetes. communication in a classroom does not
take place in the learner’s home language
and it disadvantages them.
Multiple impairments – learners with more A lack of parental recognition and
than one impairment, like autism and a involvement – when there is a lack of
hearing impairment. concern from parents or when parents have
a negative attitude.
1.3. How do the following factors cause barriers to learning:
1.3.1. Discriminating attitudes:
The self-image of the learner is negatively impacted when a learner is categorised or
labelled. When a learner is labelled the needs of the learner cannot be satisfied and
the learner is placed at a further disadvantage. Discriminating against a learner for
any reason can cause that the learner is denied access to the education they
deserve and the right to receive education in a mainstream school rather than
placing a learner in a special school. Learners who are labelled are generally
classified as “uneducable” because educators have a lack of knowledge about
different physical and mental impairments, like a learner being classified as
intellectually impaired.
1.3.2. Inflexible curriculum:
When the diverse needs of the learners in the classroom is not met and provided for
due to an inflexible curriculum. When the involvement and initiative of learners are
restricted by the teaching style of teacher that is not adequately trained. Or when
