Paper Title :Do School Mangement Teams Understand their Roles in Dealing with Inclusive Learning Support? A South African Case Study
Author :Rachel Ntseto, June Palmer, Gregory Alexander
Article Citation :Rachel Ntseto ,June Palmer ,Gregory Alexander ,
(2018 ) " Do School Mangement Teams Understand their Roles in Dealing with Inclusive Learning Support? A South African Case Study " ,
International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) ,
pp. 50-53,
Volume-4,Issue-9
Abstract : Inclusive school settings, characterised by diverse and distinct layers of complexity, typify the South African
education environment. Consequently, it is imperative that managers in inclusive schools possess competencies to provide
learning support to Special education needs (SEN) learners while addressing the barriers to learning. Copious research studies
focus on teachers providing learning support as critical to these learners achieving academically, however, a lack of
management competencies to address SEN learners’ learning support is evident. This study aims at illuminating the
competencies that SMTs of clustering pubic primary schools should possess to render learning support to Special Education
Needs (SEN) learners. The theory underpinning this research is the ecosystem theory which suggests that inclusive learning
support should not only be directed at individual learners but extended to all systems that surround the learner. Employing a
qualitative interpretive methodology, the study utilised a case study design where four clustering schools in an education
district in the Free State Province of South Africa were purposefully selected. Employing focus group interviews, group
discussion and semi-structured interviews as the research tools, the target population comprised School Management teams
(SMTs) and School-Based support Teams (SBSTs) to yield the data for this study. A key finding revealed that SMTs of the
public primary schools researched in the Motheo District cluster are not fully attentive to the managerial competencies
required to render inclusive learning support.
Key terms- Inclusive Education, School Management Team, Inclusive Learning Support, Management Tasks, Clustering
public primary schools.
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-4,Issue-9
DOIONLINE NO - IJMAS-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-13612
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