Author

 Cara Blackie

Date of Publication

 2010

Publication Company

 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Research Title

 The perceptions of educators towards inclusive education in a sample of government primary

schools

Theoretical

 nclusive education means different things to different individuals in different contexts, however
there are some commonalities. These being a commitment to building a more just society, a
commitment to building a more equitable education system and a conviction that the extension
of the responsiveness of mainstream schools to students‟ diverse barriers to learning can offer a
means of translating these commitments into a reality (Engelbrecht, Green, Swart &
Muthukrishna, 2001)

Research Question

 What are the educators‟ views and understanding of inclusive education within a sample of
government primary schools?
 What do educators perceive to be barriers to learning within the classroom?
 What are the skills educators think they need in order to implement inclusive education?
 What are the support structures educators use to assist them in the implementation of inclusive
education?
 What are the training programmes educators have participated in involving inclusive education
and their perceptions of these training programmes?
 What are other training programmes educators would like to assist them in implementing
inclusive education?
 Is there a relationship between the number of years teaching experience and the perceptions of
educators towards inclusive education?

Locale

 , University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa

Respondents

 The sample of this study consisted of forty educators from six government primary schools in
the Johannesburg region.

Research Design
  Qualitative Research, non-experiential

Analysis and result

 The results indicate that the participants saw inclusive education falling under the following four
categories or themes. Namely, viewing inclusive education being based on an individual‟s basis
of ability or disability, being a right of all children, policy perspective of inclusive education and
the school being an extension of society.