ETH306W INCLUSIVE EDUCATION B (EDUCATIONAL THEMES 306)

ETH306W INCLUSIVE EDUCATION B (EDUCATIONAL THEMES 306) EXAM PACK OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2014 MEMORANDUM Question CORRECT OPTION AND EXPLANATION 1.1 Option /d/ is correct. 1.2 Option a is correct (p198) 1.3 Option C is correct. Learners suffering from hyperopic can see well at a distance but their close vision is poor (p143) 1.4 Option B is correct. 1.5 Option C is correct. Quadriplegia or tetraplegia occurs when all four limbs are affected (p175) 1.6 1.7 Option A is correct. Epilepsy is a discharge of abnormal electrical activities in the brain (pp182) 1.8 Option B is correct. Sign language has a separate grammar that is not based on any spoken or written language (pp 160) 1.9 Option A is correct (pp 156-157) 1.10 Option /a/ is correct. Inner language or the language of the thought is the language in which one thinks. It is not necessarily expressed verbally. (pp201) 1.11 Option B is correct. Reflective language express personal experience and level of thought (pp202) 1.12 Option d is correct 1.13 Option a is correct (pp148) 1.14 Option /a/ is correct. A person has a visual or aural/and story disability when his ability to see or hear is affected (p7) 1.15 Option c is correct. Learners subject to sudden spells of bad temper, aggressiveness, vandalism or who are very prone to swiftly changing moods 2 | P a g e Very depressed, elated, suffer from hidden or disguised epilepsy (pp187) 1.16 True. Essay/ composition, spelling and handwriting constitute three elements of written language (p273) 1.17 True. These learners will be underachievers. This means they do not do well as one would expect of them (p8) 1.18 True. Learners suffering from hyperopia or farsightedness can see well at a distance but their close vision is poor (pp143) 1.19 False. Epilepsy is a discharge of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. (pp182) 1.20 False. The stigma of a learner with a physical and/or physiological impairment may be less in a rural than in an urban area because the learners might be more easily accommodated on the farm. (pp40) QUESTION 2 2.1 Describe inclusive education in your own words (2) Inclusive education is a system of education which allows learners to receive teaching and learning instructions in the general mainstream education institutions/schools with special education services and accommodation coming to them. Through inclusive education children with disabilities are educated based on their own unique learning needs in classes of students with or without disabilities. 2.2 The difference between mainstream education and inclusion (8) MAINSTREAM EDUCATION INCLUSIVE EDUCATION (a) It is about getting learners to fit into a particular kind of system (integration). (b) Focuses on giving some learners extra support so that they can fit into or be integrated into the normal classroom routine. (c) Focus is on learners who have special needs and the provision of necessary remedial interventions. (d) Focus on changes that need to take place in learners so that they can fit in. (a) It is about recognising and respecting differences between all learners and building on the similarities. (b) The system supports all learners, educators and the system as a whole so as to meet a variety of learning needs. (c) Focus is on teaching and learning factors. (d) Focuses on overcoming barriers in the system which prevent learners from getting a full range of learning needs. The system is 3 | P a g e adapted so that there are support systems available in the classroom. 2.3 Discuss both intrinsic and extrinsic factors that can cause learners to have learning needs. (10) • This is an essay type question • The length of the essay must be one to one and half pages. • The essay must have an introduction, body and conclusion 4 | P a g e • Write the essay in logical coherent and cohesive paragraphs. • When discussing provide facts FOR and AGAINST the issue under discussion. • Evaluate, analyse and express y