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Inclusion in Southern African Education

Understanding, Challenges and Enablement

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Editors:
  1. Dipane Hlalele

    1. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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  2. Tsediso Michael Makoelle

    1. Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

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  • Illuminates cases of successful enablement of inclusion
  • conceptual framework for inclusive education in the Southern African context
  • Explores educational inclusion in the Southern African region

Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)

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About this book

This book reflects on more than two decades of adoption practices of inclusive education policy in Southern Africa. It is aimed at taking stock of the successes, challenges and achievements during this journey of making education inclusive and equitable. It responds to the educational needs of learners at all levels, regardless of their diverse needs, such as disability, gender, socio-economic status, race, ethnicity and language background.

This book furthers the understanding and conceptualization of the notion of inclusion in education, and explores the challenges experienced during the operationalization and implementation of the process. It extends debates spawned by international and national policy mandates that sought to transcend exclusionary educational practices in order to realize inclusive societies and, by implication, inclusive classrooms.

It offers a comprehensive conceptual framework for inclusive education in the Southern African context while drawing parallels from the regional and international experience. This book can be used as a reference or critical reading for scholars and researchers in the field of inclusive education. It will empower practitioners, administrators, teachers and school leaders, curriculum developers and planners, as well as policy makers with knowledge about theory and practice regarding inclusive education in the Southern African schooling system.

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Understanding Inclusion in Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Exclusion, Diversity and Inclusion

      • Theresia Joakim Kanyopa
      Pages 3-9

    3. Inclusion in Early Childhood Care and Education: A Participatory Action – Learning and Action Research Perspective

      • Ashnie Mahadew
      Pages 11-25

    4. Inclusion in Early Childhood Education: A Sense-Making Perspective

      • Awudu Salaam Mohammed
      Pages 27-40

    5. Inclusion in Teaching and Learning: An Adult Education Perspective

      • Nthabiseng Ngwenya, Tsediso M. Makoelle
      Pages 41-56

    6. Inclusion in Mauritian Education: Initial Insights

      • Dipane Hlalele, Seema Goburdhun
      Pages 57-68

  4. Enablement of Inclusion in Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Leadership for Inclusion in Schools: An Ethics of Care Perspective

      • Phumlani Erasmus Myende
      Pages 131-144

    3. Inclusion in Education Policy as an Enabler: Lessons from South Africa

      • Lloyd Daniel N Tlale
      Pages 145-163

    4. Curriculum Adaptation for Inclusion in Teaching and Learning

      • Cedric Bheki Mpungose
      Pages 165-175

    5. Youth Facilitators as Enablers of Inclusion: A School-Community Partnership Perspective

      • Cias Tsotetsi, Habasisa Molise, Mahudi Mofokeng
      Pages 177-189

    6. Managing an Inclusive Classroom in Eswatini: A Case Study

      • S’lungile Thwala
      Pages 191-207

    7. Non-governmental and Community-Based Organisations as Enablers of Inclusion in Education

      • Paseka Andrew Mosia, Malephoto Niko Lephoto
      Pages 209-221

    8. Infusion of Inclusion in Mauritian Initial Teacher Education Programmes

      • Seema Goburdhun
      Pages 223-236
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Dipane Hlalele

  • Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan

    Tsediso Michael Makoelle

About the editors

Dipane Hlalele is a Professor in the School of Education at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and has extensive experience in teaching inclusive education at higher education institutions. In addition to supervising postgraduate research students and postdoctoral fellows in the field of inclusive education, he also examines a number of masters and doctoral candidates from other universities. A number of his students are lecturers in the field of inclusive education at their respective institutions as well as specialists in their own countries. He was a national team member in the development of inclusive teaching standards for beginner teachers and a consultant on infusion of inclusion in Mauritian teacher education.

Tsediso Michael Makoelle is one of the recipients of the prestigious Nelson Mandela scholarship to the United Kingdom (UK). He holds the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Inclusive Education from the University of Manchester, UK and a Doctor of Education (D Ed) in Education Management and Leadership from the University of South Africa (UNISA). He has been working at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan  for nearly eight years in the capacities of associate professor, full professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, General Director for Research and lately the Vice Dean for Research at the Graduate School of Education.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inclusion in Southern African Education

  • Book Subtitle: Understanding, Challenges and Enablement

  • Editors: Dipane Hlalele, Tsediso Michael Makoelle

  • Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43752-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-43751-9Published: 19 October 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-43754-0Due: 19 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-43752-6Published: 18 October 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2523-3084

  • Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 239

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Education, general, Pedagogic Psychology, Educational Policy and Politics

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