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Title
Absence epilepsy as a barrier for effective teaching and learning in underprivileged communities |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21142 |
Date
2016 |
Author(s)
Mabele, Pretty Zakhi |
Contributor(s)
Maguvhe, M. O. |
Abstract
After the dispensation of the White Paper 6 in schools, there were no detailed guidelines to accommodate the learners with invisible impairments like absence epilepsy, especially those who live in underprivileged communities. Affected learners are still struggling and not receiving proper instruction in ordinary schools because of the nature of absence epilepsy. It seems like it is unknown that they are suffering, because the symptoms are absent. These learners are performing poorly; they are having learning and behavioural problems. At home parents are ignorant of their plight, teachers are oblivious of their problems and at schools they are being discriminated against by other children. As a result, they repeat grades and some end up leaving school to join the unemployed. They have a low self-esteem and remain unsociable. This is because they suffer from absence epilepsy which is a medical problem. Absence epilepsy is unknown to both parents and teachers in these communities. Cultural beliefs and ignorance prevent parents from taking these children to clinics for identification, which results in them not being supported in schools. - Inclusive Education - M. Ed. (Inclusive Education) |
Subject(s)
Absence epilepsy; Absence seizure; Behavioural problems; Cultural beliefs; Epilepsy; Identification; Learning problems; Invisible impairments; Teaching and learning; Underprivileged communities; 371.91609684; Epileptic children -- Education -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal; Children with social disabilities -- Education -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal; Petit mal epilepsy -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal -- Psychological aspects; Epilepsy in children -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal -- Psychological aspects; Epilepsy in adolescence -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal -- Psychological aspects; Learning disabled children -- Education -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal; Effective teaching -- South Africa -- KwaZulu-Natal |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Dissertation |
Format
1 online resource (xi, 151 leaves): color illustrations |
Identifier
Mabele, Pretty Zakhi (2016) Absence epilepsy as a barrier for effective teaching and learning in underprivileged communities, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21142> |
Repository
South Africa - University of South Africa (UNISA)
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