scholarly journals TEACHER'S PEDAGOGY COMPETENCE AND CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING INCLUSIVE LEARNING IN SLOW LEARNER

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-229
Author(s):  
Mumpuniarti Mumpuniarti ◽  
Rendy Roos Handoyo ◽  
Diajeng Tyas Phytanza ◽  
Dewi Barotuttaqiyah
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Slow Learners ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Inclusive Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Competence ◽  
Regular Teachers ◽  
Regular Teacher ◽  
Training Need

Regular teacher training for schools implementing inclusive education is expected to affect the teachers mastery of learning competency. The results of the training need to be examined to determine some aspects of competency that need to be trained further, so that it is beneficial to an ideal inclusive education. This study aims to describe regular teachers most important aspects of competency, as well as their obstacles and challenges in implementing learning in inclusive schools. The research instrument consisted of 21 closed-ended questions and 4 open-ended questions. The data from the 21 closed questions were analyzed using percentage of answers from respondents, and respondents' answers to the open-ended questions were analyzed using the categorization of the challenges faced by teachers for inclusive learning. The findings from the study shows that the inclusive teachers possessed the pedagogical competence to help them face the diversity of the students from various aspects; the regular teachers were able to manage the diverse learning needs; the regular teacher competence to help slow-learners was able to change abstract concepts into concrete forms; the regular teachers found some obstacles in managing students diversity; and the regular teachers challenges in implementing inclusive education included diverse teaching methods, competence to modify learning, and professional improvement achievement.

scholarly journals Educators as mediators in teaching English as First Additional Language in Grade 6 inclusive classrooms in South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Margaret Chauke ◽  
Ramodungoane Tabane
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Inclusive Classrooms ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Large Classes ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Minimum Requirements ◽  
Depth Interviews

Educators are one of the stakeholders in the education system working to ensure learner success. According to the Minimum Requirements For Teacher Education Qualifications, educators must fulfil 7 roles in their quest to impart education. In the study reported on her, we investigated Grade 6 educators’ knowledge and use of mediation as one of their roles in teaching English as First Additional Language (FAL) in Grade 6 inclusive classrooms. We further investigated how educators responded to learners who had diverse learning needs in English as FAL in Grade 6 inclusive classrooms. Six educators who taught English as FAL were purposively selected to participate in this study. Data were collected using qualitative research methods such as in-depth interviews and observations, in addition to document analysis. The participating educators indicated that large classes, a lack of training on inclusive education, and the scarcity of teaching resources made their mediation roles in teaching English as FAL in Grade 6 inclusive classrooms very challenging.

Developing Inclusive Schools in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Engelbrecht
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Inclusive Schools

In South Africa, new legislation and policies on inclusive education in the post-apartheid era since 1994 have placed a strong emphasis on equity, equality, and human rights, as defined in the South African Constitution. As a result, a White Paper on building an inclusive education and training system was published in 2001. It acknowledges the failure of the education system to respond to the barriers to learning and development experienced by a substantial number of learners, including diverse learning needs caused by, for example, language, socioeconomic, or gender issues as well as disabilities. This policy document describes inclusive education as being based on the ideals of equity and equality and as a result recognizing and respecting learner and learning diversity within mainstream schools. As stated in the policy, in practice this means identifying and removing barriers in the education system to ensure that the full range of diverse learning needs are met in mainstream classrooms as well as providing support to learners and teachers in addressing barriers to learning and development. Research studies on the implementation of inclusive education in South Africa, however, are finding that despite the development of a wide range of implementation guidelines since 2007, complex interrelated issues continue to complicate the development of successful inclusive schools. These issues include a continued divergence of views of inclusive education with a continuing strong belief in special education and separate educational settings by most teachers, therefore leading to a resultant lack of clarity regarding the implementation of inclusive education at the level of local practice in schools and classrooms. These differences in the understanding of inclusive education and its enactment in diverse school contexts also bring the question of power and agency into South African debates about inclusive education: who should decide which version of inclusive education should be the goal of the development of inclusive education in a specific school district or a specific school. Furthermore, contextual issues including the lack of financial and human resources, for example effectively trained teachers, effectively functioning district educational support teams for schools in specific school districts, lack of textbooks, and overcrowded classrooms, play a dominant role in the development of effective inclusive schools.

Remote teaching for equal and inclusive education in rural areas? An analysis of teachers’ perspectives on remote teaching

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-98
Author(s):  
Saga Stenman ◽  
Fanny Pettersson
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pedagogical Competence ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe aim of this study is to explore equality and inclusion as an aspect of remote teaching in rural areas. Moreover, the aim is to explore teachers' pedagogical digital competence (PDC) and school organizational support as conditions for developing remote teaching.Design/methodology/approachA mixed method approach with both qualitative and quantitative data was used.FindingsAccording to this study, remote teaching can solve many problems for school organizations and offer pupils new opportunities to learn in rural areas. Remote teaching expands the learning environment and provides pupils with equal access to qualified teachers and a wider range of learning solutions for different needs. However, the learning context needs to be redesigned with flexibility to meet the needs of individual pupils, whereas the remote teaching format itself can contribute to difficulties in teachers' flexibility. In meeting these challenges teachers' PDC and digital relational competencies are becoming increasingly important. Moreover, teachers' access to communities and school contexts where remote teaching is collaboratively discussed and elaborated on.Research limitations/implicationsThe study is limited to a region in Sweden, with ten participants.Practical implicationsThe practical implications are that equal and inclusive remote teaching is dependent on technological as well as pedagogical competence from teachers as well as from organizations.Social implicationsIf sufficient professional development for teachers is provided as well as organizational structure are in place, remote teaching is an option for equal access to education in sparsely populated areas. This means inclusive education can be provided to areas otherwise lacking in teacher competence.Originality/valueThe study is one of few that investigates how remote teaching teachers perceive the teaching form and the competencies and support required to develop and use it in rural areas.

Theoretical and Methodological Elements of an Inclusive Approach to Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
Antonello Mura ◽  
Antioco Luigi Zurru ◽  
Ilaria Tatulli
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Inclusive Learning ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
Slow Evolution ◽  
Methodological Principles

The educative experience of people with disability leads the inter­na­tio­nal debate towards the value of inclusive learning contexts. Nonetheless, the theoretical and methodological principles of an inclusive education approach have to be outlined. Data collected using explorative questionnaires during a five-years survey in an Italian region's schools show a slow evolution of the scholastic context. From the perspective of Special Pedagogy, the qualitative investigation on three macro-dimensions (the diversity perception, the didactic and methodological means, the wellbeing of pupils) reveals an emerging development of solid awareness among teachers. Findings confirm that the inclusion processes at school are attainable only throughout a series of clear methodological elements: 1) a valorising attitude towards diversity; 2) an orienting learning process; 3) a plural and flexible use of both methodologies and strategies; 4) a collaborative work environment; 5) a continuous training process; 6) a deontological approach. These are the principles that allow teachers to support each student in the manifold itineraries of identity fulfilment, encouraging pupils to express their needs and to develop their abilities in a welcoming and participative context.

Dialogic Teaching and Translanguaging in Deaf Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Swanwick
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Deaf Education ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Language Context ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

This chapter proposes a pedagogical framework for deaf education that builds on a sociocultural perspective and the role of interaction in learning. Pedagogical principles are argued that recognize the dialogic nature of learning and teaching and the role of language as “the tool of all tools” in this process. Building on established work on classroom talk in deaf education, the issues of dialogue in deaf education are extended to consider deaf children’s current learning contexts and their diverse and plural use of sign and spoken languages. Within this broad language context, the languaging and translanguaging practices of learners and teachers are explained as central to a pedagogical framework that is responsive to the diverse learning needs of deaf children. Within this pedagogical framework practical teaching strategies are suggested that draw on successful approaches in the wider field of language learning and take into account the particular learning experience and contexts of deaf children.

Concept And Practices In Inclusive Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 195-206
Author(s):  
Hemlata
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
School Life ◽  
Regular School ◽  
Personalized Education ◽  
Ancient Times

The philosophy of inclusion is not new to India. It was very much there in the ancient times when all children were sent to ‘gurukuls’ for education. In today's context also, the emphasis is on providing education to all children in an inclusive environment. Inclusive education means education of all children, with and without disabilities together in regular schools. It is an approach, which takes into account unique characteristics, interests, abilities and learning needs of all children. It is an attempt to meet the unique needs of every child in a regular school setting where all children, including those with disability, try to participate in all facets of school life. The goal is to provide accommodating and personalized education for all students within the context of a general educational classroom. The need of the hour is to develop a universal design of learning which makes learning joyful for all children.

Issues of training of specialists of inclusive education

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-90
Author(s):  
K. Myrzakhankizi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Speech Pathology ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Speech Pathologist ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Special Learning Needs

In this article, the authors point to the most acute problem today of children with special learning needs in an inclusive environment. Today it is one of the world’s problems. The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Salamanca Declaration on Principles of Education Policy with Special Needs (Salamanca, Spain) of 1994 are the legal basis for this issue. The “State Program for the Development of Education in the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2011 - 2020” says that the legislation of our country provides equal rights to children with special learning needs, and in the coming period the number of kindergartens and schools with inclusive education will increase. In accordance with world processes, our country is also expanding inclusive education. It is well known that there is a need for specialists to educate children with special needs. In this regard, the authors disclose the practice of the department of special education Abay KazNPU for the training of speech pathologist. At the same time, given that young people today do not understand speech pathology well, the author points out the importance of involving the media in this process, thereby emphasizing the importance of expanding the understanding of inclusion, by parents, young people and the general public.

scholarly journals Students’ Voice in Learning Style Assessment: The Innovative Learning Experiences Tool (ILE)

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Nosisana Patricia Mkonto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Innovative Learning

<strong></strong><p>Students who enter higher education have diverse learning needs, andhigher education institutions need to provide for these needs. One way of dealing with this variety of learning needs is to empower students to play an active role in their own learning, by making them aware of their learning styles.  Identifying learning styles is an important facet within the learning process. Assessing learning styles could provide students with an opportunity to be reflective, and interrogate how they learn. Students’ learning styles can be assessed by using a learning styles assessment tool. The Innovative Learning Experiences (ILE) which was developed in this study, caters for the students` voice where students reflect on their past and present learning experiences. </p><br /><strong> </strong>

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