Inclusive Education in South Africa and the Developing World

Sigamoney Manicka Naicker is Extraordinary Professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, and Chief Director of Inclusive Education in the Western Cape. He was appointed as Commissioner on theNational Committee for Education Support Services in South Africa by the thenPresident of South Africa, Mr Nelson Mandela, in 1996, and became the first Director ofInclusive Education in South Africa in 2001.

• Chapter 1. Inclusive Education in the Developing World  Chapter 2. The History of Special Education and the Challenges for Inclusive Education Chapter 3. Changing Consciousness Chapter 4. The Education Landscape of Developing Countries and the Need for the ideology of Inclusive Education: Barriers to learning Chapter 5. Practical Recommendations for Developing an Inclusive Education System

For inclusive education to take place in South Africa and other African countries, argues Naicker, it is necessary to rupture the special education model. Dealing with the theory and practice of inclusive education, he offers developing countries a framework for how theories, assumptions, practices, and tools need to change in order to develop a truly inclusive education and training system. Among his topics are the history of special education and the challenges for inclusive education, the education landscape of developing countries and the need for the ideology of inclusive education: barriers to learning, and practical recommendations for developing an inclusive education system.