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Inclusive Education

A Tame Solution to a Wicked Problem?

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Inclusive Education in African Contexts

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Realising a vision of an educational system that is accessible to all, fosters participation, enables belonging, and results in powerful learning is not easy. This difficulty is caused by the pervasiveness of exclusionary pressures in education that have the potential to confound and constrain efforts towards greater inclusivity. While South Africa has policy and legislation to promote access to education for learners, and secure support for their diverse learning needs, there is still evidence of exclusion from and within schools.

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  1. University of South Africa, South Africa

    Nareadi Phasha

  2. University of South Africa, South Africa

    Dikeledi Mahlo

  3. University of Toronto, Canada

    George J. Sefa Dei

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Walton, E. (2017). Inclusive Education. In: Phasha, N., Mahlo, D., Dei, G.J.S. (eds) Inclusive Education in African Contexts. Anti-Colonial Educational Perspectives for Transformative Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-803-7_6

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