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ETH302 Assignment 02
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- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
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Assignment 02ETH302S: Semester 01 Unique Number: 684267
QUESTION 1
1.1) ADDITIONAL SUPPORT NEEDS
The SIAS policy was implemented in schools, as mandated by the Education White Paper 6, with the
aims to provide a framework for the standardization of the procedures to identify, assess and
provide programs for all school learners who require additional support. These support structures
are to enhance the learning experience, as well as the learners’ participation in activities. These
additional support systems are based in order to eradicate barriers to learning for those learners
who experience it. [E. Landsberg. 2016: 172]
Every learner in a school needs support to a certain extent, but some learners require additional
support in order to enhance their learning abilities. Additional support needs can arise from any
influencing factor that causes a barrier to learning.
1.2) INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT PLAN
According to the Department of Education, the theoretical framework for learning support in
inclusive education in South Africa is “the pedagogy of possibility that takes into consideration
barriers to learning, different intelligences and learning styles.” [DoE. 2002:22]
An Individual Support Plan (ISP) should document the learner’s personal and individual additional
needs and learning requirements as well as their goals they wish to achieve. It should also include
the strategies and resources required to help the learner meeting these personal academic goals.
The ISP can also guide the teacher on the support needs for the individual child that may be
experiencing some form of learning barriers. This is a document/plan that provides the necessary
details about what is most important to an individual learner who have intellectual disabilities and
can help those involved to provide extra support and focus on those areas of needs for achieving
and maintaining personal outcomes.
1.3) LEVEL OF SUPPORT
According to the South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996, education must be provided to learners
with special needs at ordinary public schools. Relevant educational support services must also be
provided for such learners. [sub-s (3). Act 15]
The basic definition for the term Level of Support is, “Level of Support indicates a specific extent of
technical assistance in the total range of assistance that is provided.” [E. Swart. 2016: 96]
This means that educators provide different degrees of support to learners who have special
education needs, based on the needs of the individual learner. It’s the scope and the intensity of
support that is needed at system-, school-, teacher- and learner level.
1.4) FULL-SERVICE SCHOOL
Full-service schools are schools that are inclusive and welcoming of all learners in terms of their
cultures, policies and practices, race and gender. Such schools increase participation and reduce
exclusion by providing support to all learners to help them develop to their full potential. These
, schools should be equipped and supported to address a full range of learning needs amongst all
learners and be able to cater for them.
1.5) SCHOOL BASED SUPPORT TEAM
School Based Support Teams are also known as “Institution Level Support Teams” (ILST) These are
the local support teams established by schools in general and further education as a school-level
support mechanism, whose primary function it is to put coordinated school-, learner- and teacher
support in place.
1.6) CASE MANAGER
A case manager is a licensed teacher or related service provider who is a member of the IEP team
and is responsible for the coordinate instruction and related service for the student. The case
manager will coordinate the delivery of special education services and will be the primary contact
for the parent.
A case manager can be identified at school, circuit or district level to coordinate the assessment
process and decision making on support packages needed by learners, as well as support provision
for and the monitoring of learners.
QUESTION 2
HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa has had a long and tedious battle of creating an optimal educational system that is non-
discriminatory and non-racial as well as non-bias towards gender. Apartheid was well-known for its
racial classification that was the foundation of building unequal access to education.
If we look back at the earliest times of South Africa, the first schools were established during the
period of the Dutch Colonialization. They were small and simple and under the direct control of the
Christian Church. They were established for the sole purpose of teaching people to read the Bible.
Things changed after the Anglo-Boer War when England took over the Republic. State schools
provided free and compulsory education for white learners only. The mission churches took it upon
themselves to provide basic education to those races excluded from the British school system.
Besides black children, children with disabilities (physically and mentally) were also excluded from
the education system, disregarding of race. Special schools were erected that didn’t work in
collaboration, or received any financial support from the Department of Education or any
government official organization, to provide education for the learners with special needs.
It wasn’t until the year 1937 that the Special Schools Amendment Act was mandated by the
Department of Education. This Act complied all parents of learners with any form of disability, to
send the learners to school, regardless of the distance of the nearest school catering for special
needs children, from home. In turn, these schools were equipped with trained staff and everything
needed to care for the special needs of these learners as well as specialized hostels designed for
learners with all kinds of disabilities.
Schooling was compulsory for white learners and not for children of other race groups, seeing that
the churches moved individually to provide education for them. Since schooling wasn’t compulsory
for them, many of them remained at home and didn’t receive an education.
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