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Inclusive Education (Generic Module)

INC3701
Year Module

Department of Inclusive Education

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Department of Inclusive Education

Unisa College of Education (CEDU)

ASSIGNMENT 01 (MCQs)

MEMORANDUM

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Dear Student
The following information reflect how you could have answered the Multiple-choice
questions (MCQs):

Assignment due dates

Assignment 01: 19 April 2023
Unique number: 679560

1. Which statement is true about inclusion?

a) It is about creating separate spaces for people with disabilities.
b) It is mainly concerned with the learning and participation of learners with intellectual disabilities in class.
c) It is more than a placement or a service, it is about creating shared spaces, bringing people together, and giving
them a voice.
d) It is about viewing diversity as a challenge that needs to be sorted out in full-service schools.
ANSWER: C

2. Maluti is a public primary school that enrols learners of different racial groups. One of its main
founding principles is acknowledgement and respect for diverse cultural differences and historical
backgrounds of learners in the school. As such, which of the following approaches to inclusive education
has Maluti primary school adopted?
A. A human-rights approach.
B. A strengths-based approach.
C. An Afrocentric approach.
D. A broad approach.
ANSWER: C

3. Which approach to inclusive education does the statement below refer to? The collaboration of international
community, government, communities, families, as well as teachers to provide an environment that
enables quality, respectful and participative education to all in order that everyone can have an
equitable chance of success.
A. A human-rights approach.
B. An Afrocentric approach.
C. A strengths-based approach.
D. A broad approach.
ANSWER: A

4. Which is the best way to describe intersectionality?

A. It is a study that responds to everyone’s unique experiences in ways that work to decrease marginalisation and
exclusion.
B. It is a broad approach that responds to exclusion from all spheres of life, and in particular at school, by paying
attention to its culture, the curriculum and the community.

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C. The existence of barriers to learning and participation which can prevent learners from access and engagement
in the school system.
D. The study of the effects of the overlapping and intersection of different forms of discrimination, domination
and oppression.
ANSWER: D

5. Mr Ramulu is a kind teacher who displays a positive attitude towards inclusion. He prepares all his
lessons thoroughly, taking into consideration the diverse needs of all the learners in his classroom. He
also ensures maximum participation of all learners in his lessons by using different teaching strategies
that accommodate a variety of learning styles. How can you classify Mr Ramulu as?
A. A teacher who teaches strictly according to the disability policy.
B. A teacher who acknowledges that learners with disabilities require special treatment in class in order for them
to succeed.
C. A teacher who teaches inclusively.
D. A teacher who teaches exclusively to cater for vulnerable learners.
ANSWER: C

6. Which of the following statements do not reflect the human-rights approach to inclusive education?
A. Education should be accessible, of a good quality, and offered in educational environments that embrace and
respect learner diversity.
B. Education should be accessible only to leaners with acceptable levels of IQ.
C. Education should offer all learners opportunities to participate actively, learn to the best of their ability and,
most importantly, succeed.
D. Education is a basic right for all learners.
ANSWER: B

7. Which statement is incorrect? Teaching inclusively demands that teachers should have the necessary
knowledge to:
A. Demonstrate inclusive pedagogical perspectives and practices for teaching diverse learners that include
understanding how learners construct knowledge.
B. Demonstrate ability to differentiate between vulnerable and normal learners so that concerted effort is given to
the vulnerable ones.
C. Demonstrate how the difficulties learners experience in learning can be considered as challenges for teaching
rather than problems within the learners.
D. Understand that learners’ abilities are not fixed but can change and develop.
ANSWER: B

8. When Thabile Barnes started teaching ten years ago, her concern was implementing education policies
as they were presented to her. Ten years down the line, Thabile is now very innovative and strives to
shape her teaching strategies and environment to suit the diverse learning needs of learners in her
classroom. What is this change of approach by Thabile called in inclusive education?
A. Teacher effectiveness.
B. Multifaceted approach.
C. Teacher agency.
D. Multi-disciplinary approach.
ANSWER: C

9. This theory does not underpin inclusive education:

A. Critical theory.
B. African philosophies.
C. Social constructivism.
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D. Medical deficit model.

ANSWER: D

10. The principles of critical theory...

A. Encourage certain learners to have the right to access education.
B. Promote social injustices and inequalities.
C. Discourage human rights for persons with disabilities.
D. Promote peace by striving to eliminate isolation, labelling, bullying and discrimination in schools and society.
ANSWER: D

11. Choose one statement which does not support what the principles of ubuntu encompasses.
A. Ubuntu values humanness, injustice, personhood and morality, as well as diversity and respect for human
dignity.
B. Ubuntu values interdependence and dependence.
C. Ubuntu promotes a spirit of interconnectedness, social cohesion, respect and dignity, collectivism and
solidarity, communal enterprise and legitimate leadership.
D. Ubuntu facilitates a spirit of compassion, hospitality and sharing, especially towards strangers.
ANSWER: A

12. Social constructivism advocates for...

A. Adjustment of the school system to create enabling, healthy learning climates and environments for each
learner.
B. An adjustment in schooling that can be realised through institutionalisation of policy, legislation and
pedagogical practices that guarantee minimal access, participation and achievement for all in the mainstream
school education system.
C. Specific learners will be afforded a space for growth, thriving and glowing through dynamic, flexible, enriched,
meaningful and relevant activities.
D. The community to decide how individuals are treated.
ANSWER: A

13. Epistemology is defined as…

A. A theory which argues that the learning process is accelerated by reinforcement.
B. A model that is premised on the idea that, the more often people reflect on a specific task, the greater the
opportunity to modify and refine their efforts.
C. A change in the curriculum.
D. A philosophical concept targeted at shaping convictions about knowledge and reality.
ANSWER: D

14. The epistemology that views education as a basic right for all, regardless of background, colour, gender,
ethnicity, disability or social status, is known as...
A. Social constructivist epistemology.
B. Essentialist epistemology.
C. Rights-based epistemology.
D. Philosophical epistemology.
ANSWER: C

15. Bronfenbrenner defines five types of systems which consist of roles, norms and rules that shape the
development of the child. These systems are….
A. Microsystem, mesosystem, information system, macrosystem and chronosystem.
B. Control system, mesosystem, ecosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem.
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C. Microsystem, mesosystem, ecosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem.
D. Management system, mesosystem, ecosystem, macrosystem and chronosystems.
ANSWER: C

16. Exclusion is defined as…

A. a way of understanding and responding to the social climate and established structures of oppression and
exclusion.
B. “the process of allowing access to education, its resources and rewards.”
C. “the process of decreasing the participation of learners in the cultures and curricula of the regular school.”
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: C

17. Which one of the following is not one of the epistemological underpinnings of inclusive education?
A. Rights-based epistemology.
B. Cognitive-based epistemology.
C. Essentialist epistemology.
D. Social constructivist epistemology.
ANSWER: B

18. The description of essentialist epistemology holds that...

A. it interprets and presents disability as a socially contrived construction, deployed against minorities and
enforcing social marginalisation.
B. it is an approach that adopts the philosophy of its root name, “different.”
C. it is the way in which a teacher anticipates and positively responds to diverse learners’ needs.
D. it locates children’s differences and disabilities within their individual pathology.
ANSWER: D

19. Which statement is correct?

A. Social constructivist epistemology sets the subjects within this wider context and shows how learning
experiences within the subjects need to contribute to the attainment of the wider goals.
B. Social constructivist epistemology interprets and presents disability as a socially contrived construction,
deployed against minorities and enforcing social marginalisation.
C. Social constructivist epistemology is a process which happens when one group of people creates barriers by
designing a world only for their way of living, taking no account of the disabilities other people may have.
D. Social constructivist epistemology is a communication device that sends and receive messages in social media.
ANSWER: B

20. Which model of inclusion requires learners to adapt to the existing school practices, methods,
curriculum, values and rules of the dominant group, instead of modifying the system such that it adapts
to the learners’ needs?
A. Integration.
B. Mainstreaming.
C. Full inclusion.
D. Self-contained classrooms.
ANSWER: A

21. The essentialist epistemology is also known as…

A. the differentiated approach.
B. the qualitative research approaches.
C. the quantitative research approaches.
D. the deficit or medical approach.
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ANSWER: D

22. Exclusion from education can still happen when the learner is present in the classroom.
A. False.
B. True.
C. Partly true.
D. Partly false.
ANSWER: B

23. Mainstreaming involves placing learners with significant learning challenges in a special education class
for some of the time and mixing them with their peers without significant learning challenges for some
of the time.
A. True.
B. False.
C. Partly true.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: A

24. Which statement is correct about integration?

A. Integration is a model of inclusion that seeks to make learners with significant learning challenges part of the
regular classroom; they learn alongside their peers without significant learning challenges.
B. Integration refers to exceptional students being excluded in a mainstream classroom.
C. Integration refers to intelligent students being partially taught in a mainstream classroom.
D. Integration refers to information that can appear in one’s mind, including one’s interests, needs, and so forth.
ANSWER: A

25. Mrs Thethani Modise teaches a grade 3 class in an ordinary primary school. She is a dedicated, diligent
teacher who ensures that she employs different teaching strategies, including curriculum adjustment
and differentiation when she teaches. To her, the principle of individualisation is very important as it
helps with the identification and support for learners whose learning and progress are affected by
factors that cause barriers to learning. Once such learners have been identified, she works with her
School- Based Support Team and the identified learners’ parents to develop Individual Support Plan
for each learner. If the support given such learners proves to be inadequate and ineffective, she contacts
the nearby resource centre for further help and support. Which aspect of teacher agency does Mrs
Modise demonstrate by so doing?
A. Autonomy.
B. A sense of purpose, including a commitment to social justice in education.
C. Reflexivity.
D. Competence in using an inclusive pedagogical approach, including working collaboratively with others.
ANSWER: D

26. A newly appointed teacher has been given a grade 7 class to manage. On his first day, he introduced
himself to the learners and requested that they (learners and himself) draw the classroom policy (rules)
together to ensure that there is mutual respect between the learners and himself as well as amongst
learners themselves. According to him, this would ensure that there is effective teaching and learning at
all times in his classroom. What type of power is depicted in the scenario above?
A. Power within.
B. Power with.
C. Power to.
D. Power over.
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27. Which statement is true about the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United
Nations, 2006)?
A. Learners with disabilities are not accommodated.
B. Learners with disabilities are excluded from mainstream of education, as a result of their disability.
C. Shift culture of viewing people with disabilities as objects of charity, medical treatment and social protection,
to viewing them as subjects like anyone else.
D. Reasonable accommodations and support are not provided to facilitate accessibility.
ANSWER: C

28. The policy on Screening, Identification, Assessment and Support (SIAS) aims to…
A. Identify the barriers to learning and participation in order to give support.
B. Support only those learners who have severe and multiple disabilities.
C. Ensure that remedial teaching is done away with.
D. Change teachers’ attitudes about the implementation of inclusive education.
ANSWER: A

29. The International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations, 2006)…
A. Is centred upon the instigation of a significant paradigm shift, from medical models to a social model.
B. Change attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities.
C. Discriminates against learners with disabilities.
D. Discriminates against learners without disabilities.
ANSWER: B

30. Which of the following strategies is/are concerned with promoting human rights in inclusive education?
A. Support structures organised in order to promote inclusion.
B. Flexible resourcing systems that promote inclusion.
C. Organising cultures and an ethos that promote inclusion.
D. All of the above.
ANSWER: D