January 2011

ECD policies in South Africa – What about children with disabilities?

  The importance of the young child in South African policy has been recognised through the inclusion of early childhood development (ECD) planning in documents relating to the National Departments of Health, Education and Social Development. However, despite the inclusion of the ECD sector in these three key departments there has been no indication of how policy will be implemented, nor how the young child...

Author(s): Claudine Storbeck and Selvarani Moodley

January 2011

Views of parents on the inclusion of children with special needs in physical education in Masvingo, Zimbabwe

  The aim of this study was to investigate the views of parents on the inclusion of children with special needs (CSN) in physical education at primary school level in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. A survey involving parents was conducted with the questionnaire used as a data collection instrument. The questionnaire was administered to 40 parents of both the children without disabilities and those whose children had...

Author(s): Jenet Mudekunye and Gamuchirai Tsitsi Ndamba