Answer to Question #196354 in English for Mduduzi

Question

Critically analyse the different epistemologies informing different theoretical assumption in inclusive education

Answer 1

These are the different epistemologies informing different theoretical assumption in inclusive education

Educational essentialism is an educational philosophy whose adherents believe that children should learn the traditional basic subjects thoroughly. Essentialism ensures that the accumulated wisdom of our civilization as taught in the traditional academic disciplines is passed on from teacher to student.

Perennialism believes that the focus of education should be the ideas that have lasted over centuries. They believe the ideas are as relevant and meaningful today as when they were written. They recommend that students learn from reading and analyzing the works by history's finest thinkers and writers.

Progressivism believes that individuality, progress, and change are fundamental to one's education. Believing that people learn best from what they consider most relevant to their lives, progressivists center their curricula on the needs, experiences, interests, and abilities of students.

In idealism, the aim of education is to discover and develop each individual's abilities and full moral excellence in order to better serve society. The curricular emphasis is subject matter of mind: literature, history, philosophy, and religion.

Social constructivism theory can inform understanding about how play interactions with peers support the learning of young children with developmental disabilities in inclusive programs. The potential exists through play for children to learn through their interactions with their peers