ETH 302 S - Inclusive Education A Past Exam PapeR

NOTE: Questions answered in red are from our assignments! ETH 302 S - Inclusive Education A Past Exam Paper - May/June 2013 Question 2: Answer True or False and briefly substantiate your answer. (20) 1. Guidelines for the establishment of inclusion at all educational levels must be provided. True. Guideline must be provided for the accurate implementation of an inclusive education system. 2. Inclusive Early Childhood Development centres and schools should create conditions in which learners who experience barriers to learning can achieve success. True. ECD centres and schools us provide support in the school to learners and teacher by means of competent and experiences learning support educators whose tasks should include consulting and working with other teachers, parents and various outside agencies to ensure success. 3. Inclusion is also about the intentional building of relationships where differences are welcomed and all persons involved benefit from these relationships. True. 4. Within an inclusive education system, a range of options for providing various educational settings should be available. True. 5. Learning support for learners who experience barriers to learning should be provided every day at a set time. False. Learning support should be provided to the learner throughout the day. 6. The complex, diverse conditions in South Africa pose particular challenges for the teacher in an Inclusive Early Childhood centre or school. True. 7. The teacher uses school readiness tests to diagnose learners who experience barriers to learning and who need to gain access to basic education. 2 False. Teachers should use a variety of assessments to identify barriers to learning and use these results to help formulate appropriate support for the learner. 8. A portfolio of each learner is important because it serves as a basis for comparing learners with each other and to place all learners who experience barriers to learning in special groups or classes. False. Portfolios are kept to keep a record of the work the learner has completed. These portfolios should never be used to compare children and children with barriers to learning should never be separated into another class but rather included among the other learners. 9. Although interviews with parents/caregivers are an excellent way of establishing communication and cooperation between them and the teacher, it can block collaboration between them. False, Transport problems, limited opportunities to meet, as well as pressure at work all contribute to the difficulties in establi