The philosophy of inclusion
Through Education white paper 6, a policy was published in 2001 by the Department of Education. It commits the education department to building an inclusive education and training system; it outlines the framework for establishing it and it lists the steps to be taken to build the system. This policy aims to develop an education system that promotes education for all and develops inclusive and supportive centres of learning that allow all learners to participate in the education process to achieve their full potential and participate as equal members of society (DOE, 2001).
According to the white paper 6, the National Department of education it has outlined the inclusive education and training system that needs to be implemented. Therefore inclusive education is the following:
a) Acknowledges that all children and youth can learn, and that all children and youth need support
b) Enables education structures, systems and learning methodologies to meet the needs of all learners
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For example the relationship between parents and the teacher, parents attending meetings can have a positive impact on his learning because different elements of microsystem are working together. In addition parent’s attitude towards the childe reading and wring may affect the child’s views about literacy towards the teacher (McBride-Chang, 2004:7).
The microsystem consists of the child’s individual relationship. This includes family or caregivers. For example child’s relationship with parents is important because the home literacy environment may affect the child’s readiness for learning to read (McBride-Chang, 2004:7).
The chronosystem is the dimensions of time in relation to a person’s development (McBride-Chang, 2004:8). Time can be relevant in different ways. For example death of a person will affect a three year old differently from a