An analysis of the South African model of inclusive education with regard to social justice

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Title:	An analysis of the South African model of inclusive education with regard to social justice
Authors:	Hay, J. Beyers, C.
Year:	2011
Periodical:	Africa Education Review (ISSN 1814-6627)
Volume:	8
Issue:	2
Pages:	234-246
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	social justice educational policy special education
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18146627.2011.603226
Abstract:	Inclusive education was formally established in South Africa through White Paper 6 of 2001 with the pertinent aim of including learners who experience barriers to learning into a single and undivided education system. This thrust was accepted by most stakeholders as a means of removing injustices from the past. Through a desktop review of literature, the authors introduce the principles of social justice and demonstrate the characteristics of the specific South African model on inclusive education and how this model has developed. They provide a critical examination of how the meaning of social justice can be viewed with regard to distributive, retributive and recognitive justice and, finally, how the South African model of nuanced inclusive education weighs up against these forms of social justice. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]