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Teachers` implementation of Inclusive Education in Ghanaian primary schools: An insight into government policy and practice.

Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal

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Title Teachers` implementation of Inclusive Education in Ghanaian primary schools: An insight into government policy and practice.
 
Creator Alhassan, Awal Mohammed
 
Subject Ghana
educational innovation
inclusive education
special education needs
policy dissemination
Inclusive -Education
 
Description The study reported in this paper is the examination of teachers’ experiences of the implementation of Inclusive Education in two districts in Ghana, Bole in the north and New Juabeng in the south in ten  primary and junior secondary  schools.Using the framework of Ntombela (2009, 2011) and Torombe (2013) this article replicates their study in new setting - Ghana.   Employing both quantitative and qualitative data analyses procedures, the study found that teachers had limited, varied and often distorted understandings of the inclusive policy and the innovation. These understandings suggested that instead of the paradigm shift warranted by the new policy, most of the teachers still relied heavily on the old deficit, medical model of educating learners with special educational needs. The study concludes that, to be successful, the policy initiation process needs to become clear and more inclusive to enable stakeholders to embrace the agenda and to understand its purpose. Further, a new policy will not be able to challenge and change the culture and practice in schools unless teachers are well trained and the necessity of appropriate allocation and use of resources put in place.  Keywords: Ghana, educational innovation, Inclusive Education, special education needs, policy dissemination.  
 
Publisher Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal
 
Date 2014-03-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/view/124
10.14738/assrj.12.124
 
Source Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal; Vol 1 No 2 (2014): Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal; 115-129
10.14738/assrj.12.2014
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journals.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ASSRJ/article/view/124/ASSRJ-14-0124