ERIC Number: EJ1415951
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1744-6295
EISSN: EISSN-1744-6309
Enablers to Enhance School-Based Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities' Learning: A Narrative Approach
Rakgadi Grace Malapela; Gloria Thupayagale-Tshweneagae
Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, v28 n1 p83-92 2024
Society has always understood individuals with intellectual disabilities from a stance of deficiency, resulting in limited expectations and prospects for school-going adolescents with intellectual disabilities. The study used the social model of disability to explore teachers' perceptions of enablers to enhance school-based adolescents with intellectual disabilities' learning and took cognisance of a wave of policies aimed at including adolescents with intellectual disabilities in mainstream education. A qualitative narrative approach was used for the study. Using a narrative methodological framework, unstructured interview questions were posed to elicit teachers' perceptions of enablers to enhance adolescents with intellectual disabilities' learning. A non-probability purposive sampling method was used to select teachers working with school-based learners with intellectual disabilities. Five themes emerged from the analysis: therapeutic setting; learners' resilience; parental support; teaching strategies; and community involvement as enablers for enhancing learning for adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Policy implications are also provided in the study.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Adolescents, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Environment, Therapeutic Environment, Teaching Methods, Community Involvement, Curriculum Enrichment
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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