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A Critical Analysis of Key Policies Shaping Services for Young Children with Disabilities in South Africa
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Philpott, Susan; Muthukrishna, Nithi – Education as Change, 2019
There have been significant recent developments in the policy arena in South Africa in respect of disability and of early childhood development viz. the "White Paper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the National Integrated Early Childhood Development Policy." Using Bacchi's analytical framework encapsulated in the question,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Disabilities, Public Policy
Special Education in South Africa--Who Plays God?
Naidoo, R. M. – 1990
Public policies towards special needs persons in advanced countries have improved tremendously over the last 20 to 30 years, whether the concept is described as mainstreaming, integration, or normalization. Both educational and family policies are changing, with educational policies emphasizing free and appropriate education in the least…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apartheid, Delivery Systems, Developed Nations
Balancing Human Rights and Civil Liberties in an Emerging Democracy: Education Law, Policy and Practice in South Africa.
Beckmann, Johan; Maile, Simeon; van Vollenhoven, Willie; Joubert Rika – 2002
This outline is part of a collection of 54 papers from the 48th annual conference of the Education Law Association held in November 2002. It covers a presentation on changes in the law and social structure of South Africa. As an outline, it briefly touches upon a number of topics, but focuses mainly on South Africa's emerging "final"…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Age Discrimination, Apartheid, Civil Rights