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South Africa: First steps in the development of an inclusive education system

Pages 303-317 | Published online: 01 Jul 2010

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Anwynne Kern. (2023) Who is in and who is out: parents’ views on barriers to learning. International Journal of Inclusive Education 27:3, pages 319-336.
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Ridwan Maulana, Stéfanie André, Michelle Helms-Lorenz, James Ko, Seyeoung Chun, Abid Shahzad, Yulia Irnidayanti, Okhwa Lee, Thelma de Jager, Thys Coetzee & Nurul Fadhilah. (2021) Observed teaching behaviour in secondary education across six countries: measurement invariance and indication of cross-national variations. School Effectiveness and School Improvement 32:1, pages 64-95.
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Ellen Kakhuta Materechera. (2020) Inclusive education: why it poses a dilemma to some teachers. International Journal of Inclusive Education 24:7, pages 771-786.
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Trust Saidi, Donné van der Westhuizen, Nailah Conrad, Tinashe Mutsvangwa & Tania S. Douglas. (2020) Learning by solving as a pedagogical approach to inclusive health innovation. Development Southern Africa 37:3, pages 418-431.
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Marth Munro & Karina Lemmer. (2019) Multilingual Theatre Voice Training in South Africa: Our Translingual Attempt Employing Lessac Kinesensics. Voice and Speech Review 13:2, pages 173-187.
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Andile Alfred Mdikana & Nareadi Tlakale Phasha. (2018) School-based care and support for the intellectually disabled learners at risk for sexual abuse: South African teacher carer perspectives. Journal of Psychology in Africa 28:2, pages 157-160.
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Sharon Thabo Mampane. (2017) Managing the Teaching of Diverse Learners in Inclusive Classes in a South African Context. International Journal of Educational Sciences 18:1-3, pages 181-190.
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T. Manomano, N.V. Mopeli, M.M. Selebogo & S.E.E. Kumalo. (2017) Spinoffs Associated with Parental Involvement in the Education of Their Children with Literature Drawn from South Africa. International Journal of Educational Sciences 17:1-3, pages 107-115.
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Shakila Dada, Tenille Horn, Alecia Samuels & Ralf W. Schlosser. (2016) Children’s attitudes toward interaction with an unfamiliar peer with complex communication needs: comparing high- and low-technology devices. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 32:4, pages 305-311.
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Emma Louise McKinney & Leslie Swartz. (2016) Life in Special Schools in South Africa: Voices of Former Students. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 63:3, pages 309-321.
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T.T. Kidane & S.H. Worth. (2014) Student Perceptions of Agricultural Education Programme Processes at Selected High Schools in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 20:4, pages 381-396.
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Florence Chuzu Muwana & Michaelene M. Ostrosky. (2014) Factors related to pre-service teachers' attitudes towards inclusion: a case for Zambia. International Journal of Inclusive Education 18:8, pages 763-782.
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Lorna M Dreyer. (2014) Exploring collaboration between mainstream and learning support teachers. Education as Change 18:1, pages 179-190.
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Thelma de Jager. (2013) Guidelines to assist the implementation of differentiated learning activities in South African secondary schools. International Journal of Inclusive Education 17:1, pages 80-94.
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L. Dreyer, P. Engelbrecht & E. Swart. (2012) Making learning support contextually responsive. Africa Education Review 9:2, pages 270-288.
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Sulochini Pather. (2011) Evidence on inclusion and support for learners with disabilities in mainstream schools in South Africa: off the policy radar?. International Journal of Inclusive Education 15:10, pages 1103-1117.
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Sindiswa Stofile, Nora Linden & Rouaan Maarman. (2011) Teacher Reported Poverty Effects on Education Participation in a South African District. Journal of Psychology in Africa 21:4, pages 603-605.
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Jonathan Rix. (2009) Statutory assessment of the class? Supporting the additional needs of the learning context. International Journal of Inclusive Education 13:3, pages 253-272.
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Sulochini Pather. (2007) Demystifying inclusion: implications for sustainable inclusive practice. International Journal of Inclusive Education 11:5-6, pages 627-643.
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Irma Eloff & L.K. Kgwete. (2007) South African Teachers' Voices on Support in Inclusive Education. Childhood Education 83:6, pages 351-355.
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Estelle Swart, Petra Engelbrecht, Irma Eloff, Raine Pettipher & Marietjie Oswald. (2004) Developing inclusive school communities: voices of parents of children with disabilities. Education as Change 8:1, pages 80-108.
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Alexandra Greene, Yến Lê Espiritu & Dan Nyamangah. (2023) Social and Curricular Inclusion in Refugee Education: Critical Approaches to Education Advocacy. Social Inclusion 11:2.
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Naseem Cassim, Floyd Olsen, Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood, Manuel Pedro Da Silva & Wendy Susan Stevens. (2023) Assessing the cost and utilization of SMS printers by primary health care facilities: lessons learned from South Africa. Journal of Public Health in Africa.
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Lloyd Daniel N Tlale. 2023. Inclusion in Southern African Education. Inclusion in Southern African Education 145 163 .
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Moleli Nthibeli, Dominic Griffiths & Tanya Bekker. (2022) Teaching learners with autism in the South African inclusive classroom: Pedagogic strategies and possibilities. African Journal of Disability 11.
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D. Makuya & M. Sedibe. (2021) Exploring the Challenges that are Faced by Teachers in the Implementation of Inclusive Education at Grade 9 Level IN Gauteng North District Schools in South Africa. Interchange 52:4, pages 561-576.
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M. J. Booysen & S. Gerber. (2021) Water scarcity and poverty: The lasting impact of a maintenance campaign at South African schools across the affluence divide. Water Science and Technology 84:10-11, pages 3246-3256.
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Judith McKenzie. (2020) Intellectual Disability in Inclusive Education in South Africa: Curriculum Challenges. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 18:1, pages 53-57.
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Judith A. McKenzie & Elizabeth M. Dalton. (2020) Universal design for learning in inclusive education policy in South Africa. African Journal of Disability 9.
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Simplice A. Asongu & Nicholas M. Odhiambo. (2019) Building Knowledge-Based Economies in Africa: A Systematic Review of Policies and Strategies. Journal of the Knowledge Economy 11:4, pages 1538-1555.
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Stéfanie André, Ridwan Maulana, Michelle Helms-Lorenz, Sibel Telli, Seyeoung Chun, Carmen-María Fernández-García, Thelma de Jager, Yulia Irnidayanti, Mercedes Inda-Caro, Okhwa Lee, Rien Safrina, Thys Coetzee & Meae Jeon. (2020) Student Perceptions in Measuring Teaching Behavior Across Six Countries: A Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis Approach to Measurement Invariance. Frontiers in Psychology 11.
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Charl J. Roux & Nazreen Dasoo. (2020) Pre-service teachers’ perception of values education in the South African physical education curriculum. South African Journal of Childhood Education 10:1.
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Thelma de Jager. (2019) Application of biometric fingerprinting to encourage the active involvement of student teachers in lectures on differentiated instruction. South African Journal of Education 39:S2, pages 1-10.
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M.J. Booysen, C. Ripunda & M. Visser. (2019) Results from a water-saving maintenance campaign at Cape Town schools in the run-up to Day Zero. Sustainable Cities and Society 50, pages 101639.
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Elmarie Sadler & Jacobus Stephanus Wessels. (2019) Transformation of the accounting profession. Meditari Accountancy Research 27:3, pages 448-471.
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Shakila Dada. 2019. Inclusion, Equity and Access for Individuals with Disabilities. Inclusion, Equity and Access for Individuals with Disabilities 153 178 .
Lorna Holtman, Jennifer Martin & Robert Mukuna. (2018) Factors influencing the in-service programmes: Case study of teachers with learner-centred strategies in Blue Watersi setting. South African Journal of Education 38:3, pages 1-14.
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Toyin M. Adewumi, Symphorosa Rembe, Jenny Shumba & Adeola Akinyemi. (2017) Adaptation of the curriculum for the inclusion of learners with special education needs in selected primary schools in the Fort Beaufort District. African Journal of Disability 6.
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Zosa O De Sas Kropiwnicki, Jean Elphick & Rosalind Elphick. (2014) Standing by themselves: Caregivers’ strategies to ensure the right to education for children with disabilities in Orange Farm, South Africa. Childhood 21:3, pages 354-368.
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Filiz Polat. (2011) Inclusion in education: A step towards social justice. International Journal of Educational Development 31:1, pages 50-58.
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Petra Engelbrecht. (2006) The implementation of inclusive education in South Africa after ten years of democracy. European Journal of Psychology of Education 21:3, pages 253-264.
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Lilian Lomofsky & Lena Green. (2004) The impact of inclusion policy on school psychology practices in South Africa. Educational and Child Psychology 21:4, pages 31-42.
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