Special Education in Southern Africa: Current Challenges and Future Threats

Autor/inn/en	Chitiyo, Morgan; Chitiyo, George
Titel	Special Education in Southern Africa: Current Challenges and Future Threats
Quelle	In: Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 8 (2007) 1, S.61-68 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-6913
Schlagwörter	Special Education; Foreign Countries; Educational Needs; Disabilities; Developing Nations; Educational Policy; Educational Legislation; Financial Support; Poverty; Access to Education; Teacher Shortage; Special Education Teachers; Brain Drain; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Parent Participation; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Social Influences; Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa; Zambia; Zimbabwe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Ausland; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Handicap; Behinderung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Finanzielle Förderung; Armut; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Lehrermangel; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Elternmitwirkung; Sozialer Einfluss; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik; Sambia; Simbabwe
Abstract	There is heightened concern about the need to provide effective special education services around the world. There is also evidence showing that most countries have either legislation already in place or are currently designing legislation to govern the provision of education services and protect the rights of children and families challenged by disabilities. However, despite this positive development, most developing countries face innumerable challenges in their quest to provide effective special education services to their populace. This paper identifies some of the challenges and threats that countries in Southern Africa face in their endeavor to meet the educational needs of their children and families who are challenged by disabilities and provides recommendations on how to mitigate some of the factors in order to enhance development of special education services in this region. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Association of Special Education. c/o College of Education, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774. Tel: 928-523-8979; Fax: 928-523-1929; Web site: http://iase.coe.nau.edu/index3.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10