1.16 (Q) Inclusive education and special education
1. What best describes how disability is viewed in the medical model described by Brian Watermeyer? - An education problem and the responsibility of teachers. - A social problem and the responsibility of society. - Any treatment of a person with an impairment by medical professionals. - An individual bodily problem and the responsibility of health professionals.
2. What best distinguishes the terms ‘impairment' and ‘disability' as used in the social model of disability described by Brian Watermeyer? - Disability is a human rights and social justice issue while impairment refers to the new critical way of thinking about disability. - Impairment refers to dysfunction or difference in the anatomy or functioning of the body, while disability is the loss or limitation of opportunities that prevent people who have impairments from taking part in the normal life of the community on an equal level with others, due to physical and social barriers. - Disability refers to dysfunction or difference in the anatomy or functioning of the body while impairment is the loss or limitation of opportunities that prevent people who have disabilities from taking part in the normal life of the community on an equal level with others due to physical and social barriers. - Disability is a human rights and social justice issue while impairment refers to the medical model and the responsibilities of health professionals.
3. Identify what approach to disability is being described in the following scenario: School A, a school for the blind, focuses on teaching learners how to make crafts such as weaving baskets and basic skills for employ-ability - they are not taught the same subjects as those offered at mainstream schools. - It is important to create a school which teaches an extended academic curriculum that takes account of the special needs of children with visual impairment. - It is essential to separate learners with disabilities because having a disability means children cannot learn academic subjects. - Learners with disabilities should be included in mainstream classrooms. - Teachers should adapt the curriculum to take into account the needs of learners with disabilities enabling them to move through the usual primary and secondary levels of education.
4. The principal of Rosetown Primary, a mainstream school, wants to transform the school so that it is disability inclusive. In terms of the teaching staff, what would be a wise decision from the options below? - The principal can recruit special school teachers. - The principal can ask parents of learners with disabilities to be assistant teachers so that learners with disabilities can get support in the classroom. - The principal can arrange training for the current teachers on how they can best adapt their teaching, as well as the curriculum. - The principal should rewrite the school policy in a manner than embodies inclusive practices.
5. What is the estimated number of children in sub-Saharan Africa who are excluded from formal schooling because of a disability? - 500 000 - 5 million - 2.5 million - 15 million
6. Which term in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been replaced with ‘reasonable accommodation' due to the acknowledgement of the rights of all children to learn? - Sensibility - Special needs - Special development - Special adaptations
7. Which is an example of an inclusive school practice? - Providing fidget spinners only to learners who have difficulties concentrating in class. - Providing additional notes only to learners who speak languages that are different to the majority of learners. - Having a specific uniform for girls and a specific uniform for boys. - Having girls and boys line up in the same row, rather than having gender specific rows.
8. Who is famous for starting the first formal school for the Deaf? - Édouard Séguin - Jean Itard - Charles-Michel de l'Épée - Maria Montessori 9. How best can a teacher employed at an inclusive school continue to empower themselves? - Write their thoughts and experiences of disability in a personal diary in order to monitor self growth. - Only read books from the local library on specific disabilities that is of interest to the teacher. - Putting all your focus on the child with a disability by researching their impairment. - Be open minded and continue to seek information and advice on best inclusive practices, locally, nationally and internationally.
10. How best can a teacher at an inclusive school help change attitudes and practices in a community concerning children with disabilities? - Write termly articles to the local community newspaper about the school, emphasising the importance of inclusive practices. - Invite the community to an end-of-year school event such as an annual school concert performed by disabled children. - Start an annual ‘disability' school day event where community members can visit and ask questions about disability and inclusive practices. - Create educational opportunities for the community to actively learn about, engage and get involved with children with disabilities through regular school projects, excursions and other initiatives.
