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The decision-making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/40437 The decision-making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools Herman, Chaya tumshasha@gmail.com Mtsweni, Tumisang Ruth Facilitators Inclusive education Schools Decision-making process South Africa UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2013. There is a growing phenomenon of employing facilitators in support of learners with learning disabilities in schools offering inclusive education; however there is a scarcity of literature internationally regarding the decision-making models used to make this critical decision. Furthermore, there is also no research done in South Africa regarding facilitators, nor on decision-making models used to determine the need for facilitators or how they should be hired. In spite of the benevolent intentions of parents and teachers who assign facilitators to learners with disabilities, research shows that facilitators are employed according to perceived needs rather than real needs. The research conducted in this study is qualitative in nature; the narrative case study explores the deliberation process of employing facilitators in a manner that provided a deeper understanding of the phenomenon. The study focused on three different schools (Remedial school, Traditional private school and Montessori) that perceive themselves as inclusive primary schools. The purpose of the study was to understand the decision-making process of the various stakeholders (parents, teachers, and facilitators) involved in making the decision to employ facilitators. Through the case the three respective schools were categorised into proactive, reactive or passive, based on their approach to appointing facilitators for special needs learners. It is evident from the case studies that the proactive school (Remedial school) had better success with facilitators than either the reactive (Montesorrri School) or the passive school (traditional private school). The pro-active school displayed a more coherent successful system amongst all stakeholders in the decision to employ a facilitator, while the passive school was somewhat functional mostly because the stakeholders understood the needs of the child. However the system employed by the reactive school was chaotic as all stakeholders were dissatisfied and the learners who were being facilitated suffered the most. gm2014 Education Management and Policy Studies unrestricted 2014-06-27T07:39:55Z 2014-06-27T07:39:55Z 2014-04-10 2013 Dissertation Mtsweni, TR 2013, The decision-making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40437> E14/4/209/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40437 en © 2013 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Facilitators Inclusive education Schools Decision-making process South Africa UCTD The decision-making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools |
| title | The decision-making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools |
| title_full | The decision-making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools |
| title_fullStr | The decision-making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | The decision-making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools |
| title_short | The decision-making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools |
| title_sort | decision making process of employing facilitators in inclusive primary schools |
| topic | Facilitators Inclusive education Schools Decision-making process South Africa UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40437 |