UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS. UNISA lax ETH302S OctobertNovernber 2012 INCLUSIVE EDUCATION A Durston 2 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST MRS FD MAHLO. SECOND PROF NT PHASHA Closed book examination ‘This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue This paper consists of SEVEN (7) pages INSTRUCTIONS: . Section A Questions 1, 2 and 3 are compulsory . Section B Answer ONE (1) question from this section SECTION A: Answer the ALL questions from section A. SECTION A QUESTION 1 Answer TRUE or FALSE and briefly substantiate each answer 11 The complex, diverse conditions in South Africa pose particular challenges for the teacher n an Inclusive Early childhood centre or schoo! 12 The teacher uses school readiness tests to diagnose learners who experience bamers to learning and who need to gain access to basic education 13 A portfolio of each learner 1s important because it serves as a basis for comparing learners with each other and to place all learners who expenence barners to learning in special groups or classes 14 Although interviews with parents/caregwers are an excellent way of establishing communication and cooperation between them and the teacher, it can block collaboration between them [TURN OVER}2 ETH302S. OctiNov 2012 15 The teacher's curnculum differentiation in supporting learners who experience barriers to learning is very important 16 Guidelines for the establishment of inclusion at all educational levels must be provided 17 Inclusive Early chiidhood development centres and schools should create conditions in which leamers who experience barriers to learning can achieve success 18 Inclusion 1s also about the intentional building of relationships where differences are welcomed and all persons involved benefit from these relationships 19 Within an inclusive education system, a range of options for providing various educational settings should be available 110 Learning support for leamers who experience barriers to leaming should be provided every day at aset te (10) ‘QUESTION 2 Answer the following multiple-choice questions White down the number of the question and the corresponding answer (number of your choice) next to tt, for example 24 ooo oaena 21 5 212 3 Indicate the following incorrect statement: ‘The institution-level/school-based support team at the Inclusive Early childhood centre and school ... comprises insufficient teacher support to accommodate leamers who experience bamers to learning ‘ensures that leamer and system needs are met at this level. should contain the maximum competencies required by the spectfic centre or schoo! refers to a model of service delivery at this level. forms a core component of an overall education support network @accw [TURN OVER}2.2, eaccm Nh OaONseo07D o ORONS eaccm anon 3 ETH302S. ‘Oct/Nov 2012, Indicate the following incorrect statement: ‘Community-based involvement in the Inclusive education system is necessary in order to... support teachers and leamers in ‘ordinary’ centres of leaming and schools make use of the skills and expertise available within the community make use of opportunities to access communtty resources. implement a strategy of community-based involvement and empowerment ‘make use of opportunities for the social integration of all learners who are challenged a b c d All of the above statements Indicate the following incorrect statement: District-based support teams ... must provide professional support to teachers in “ordinary* educational settings are necessary for learner and teacher support in all inclusive educational settings are responsible for teacher empowerment regarding bamers to learning are sufficient to provide parent and community support should work on a consultative basis eacce Indicate the following incorrect statement: Full-service schools... are ‘ordinary’ primary schools converted into full-service schools should provide a full range of education support services and faciities are the first step in providing support closer to home provide support for learners who require a moderate-intensity level of support only welcome leamers experiencing severe challenges eaooce [TURN OVER]25 eacce eaoc acon ener Ro oroNs Ro aaon 4 ETH302S Oct/Nov 2012 Indicate the following incorrect statement: Inclusive Early childhood development centres of learning or schools... ‘should empower all teachers to know how to establish inclusive practices. ‘should have an ethos that always reflects respect for and acceptance of diversity should prepare all teachers for inclusive group and classroom management should have a policy that makes provision for diversity at all times. will be converted to full-service schools in the future eaoce Indicate the CORRECT national education document(s): The following national education documents are part of the implementation of Inclusive education: Draft guidelines for Inclusive Learning Programmes of 2005 NCSNET/NCESS report on Quality Education for All of 1997 Education White Paper 6 on Special Needs Education of 2001 National Strategy, Screening, Identtication, Assessment and Support of 2008 ‘Cumeulum 2005 Assessment Guidelines for Inclusion of 2002 accom All of the above documents Indicate the following incorrect Inclusive education principle: Inclusive Early childhood education/Inclusive education ... respects human dignity and human nghts provides access to various inclusive educational settings that are welcoming accepts a learner who experiences barriers to learning as “he/she 1s” respects the “differences” of learners who experience barners to learning in companson with *normal" leamers focuses on changing the system to fit the abies of leamers who experience bamere to arming eaoce [TURN OVER]2.8. oom R OAeN= opogw bo asen= eo aakeNe ‘Oct/Nov 2012 Indicate the following incorrect statement: Building an Inclusive education system in South Africa implies... the provision of compulsory education for all leamers with diverse needs the implementation of outcomes-based education to provide for leamers who experience barners to leaming the design of educational programmes to take into account the wide diversity of system needs the establishment of one full-service school per distnct as part of a long-term plan the provision of all levels of support at ordinary early childhood development centres and schools a,b ac be cd de Indicate the following incorrect statement: According to the White Paper 6 on Special Needs Education, special schools function as resource centres and are part of the district-based support services are part of the provision of education support services to ordinary schools must have “special” curncula for learners who experience severe bamers. provide support for learners who require a high-intensity level of support ‘should continue to exist in order to cater for specialised support for learners, eaccm licate the correct statement: Teachers should use .. learning. to continuously assess learners who experience barriers to intuition, school readiness tests and peer group assessment questions, observation, interviews and desnptive records formal evaluation, critenon-onentated tests and self-assessment Portfolio assessment, formal screening tests and the assessment of descnptive records Interviews, listening, standardised tests and norm-based tests eaoce (10) [TURN OVER]6 ETH302S ‘OctNov 2012 QUESTION 3 ‘Answer THREE (3) of the following questions 31 Indicate your phase of specialisation Ctically discuss the misconceptions within communities about HIV and AIDS. (20) 32 How would you adjust your educational practices to accommodate the needs of a leamer affected by HIV and AIDS? Discuss. (20) 33 — Chttcally discuss TEN (10) implications of Inclusive Early childhood education OR the Inclusive education approach in “ordinary” schools. (20) 34 Discuss the importance of the teacher's task and responsibilities in terms of the challenges of preventing and addressing bamers to learning in your phase of specialisation (20) TOTAL OF SECTION A: [80] [TURN OVER]7 ETH302S Oct/Nov 2012 SECTIONB Answer ONE (1) of the following questions (Question 4 or Question 5) QUESTION 4 Leamers identfied as having a condition known as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) are of sound mind and body, however, they tend to exhibit behavioural pattems that hamper the way they function at school and at home and in other social settings In view of the above statement, discuss the following a The implications that such a condition has for learning (10) b ‘Techniques and strategies that the teacher can use to assist a learner with ADD / ADHD in your classroom so as to enable him / her to leam successfully. (10) OR QUESTION 5 51 Answer the question whether bamers to learning located within the individual learner ‘Substantiate your answer with an explanation and with examples of how bamers to learning may manifest themselves in your phase of specialisation (20) TOTAL OF SECTIONB: [20] TOTAL: [100 © UNISA 2012