Students with disabilities’ access to distance education : a case for transformational leadership within the ambit of Ubuntu
dc.contributor.author | Aluko, Folake Ruth | |
dc.contributor.author | Mampane, Motlalepule Ruth | |
dc.contributor.email | ruth.aluko@up.ac.za | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-11T11:26:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-11T11:26:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.description.abstract | There has been much debate on access and social justice, and the role of distance education in redressing social injustices. However, little is known about these issues in relation to students with disabilities. The South African Department of Higher Education and Training’s Strategic Policy Framework on Disability for the Post-School Education and Training System aims to improve people with disabilities’ access to and success in post-school education and training. The document notes that, despite the ground gained in transforming the country’s higher education landscape, systematic, institutional and personal challenges persist in relation to integrating such students into postschool education and training. This article highlights the challenges typically encountered by students with disabilities despite policy responses and why these have not worked. It proposes transformational leadership nestled within Ubuntu to transform the issue of disability in post-school education and training and offers directions for further research. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Il y a eu beaucoup de débats sur l’accès et la justice sociale, et sur le rôle de l’enseignement à distance dans la réparation des injustices sociales. Cependant, on sait peu de choses sur ces questions concernant les étudiants handicapés. Le Cadre de politique stratégique sur le handicap pour le système d’éducation et de formation post-scolaire du Département sud-africain de l’enseignement supérieur et de la formation vise à augmenter l’accès des personnes handicapées à l’éducation et à la formation post-scolaires et à améliorer leur réussite. Le document note que, malgré les progrès réalisés dans la transformation du paysage de l’enseignement supérieur du pays, des défis systématiques, institutionnels et personnels persistent en ce qui concerne l’intégration de ces étudiants dans l’enseignement et la formation postscolaires. Cet article met en lumière les défis généralement rencontrés par les étudiants handicapés malgré les réactions politiques favorables, et pourquoi celles-ci n’ont pas porté fruit. Il propose un leadership transformationnel niché au sein de Ubuntu pour transformer la question du handicap dans l’éducation et la formation post-scolaires, et propose des orientations pour de nouvelles recherches. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Educational Psychology | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2023 | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijahe | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Aluko F.R., Mampane M.R. 2022, 'Students with disabilities’ access to distance education : a case for transformational leadership within the ambit of Ubuntu', International Journal of African Higher Education, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 94-115, doi : 10.6017/ijahe.v9i1.15237. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2313-5069 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.6017/ijahe.v9i1.15237 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91891 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | International Network for Higher Education in Africa, University of Kwazulu-Natal | en_US |
dc.rights | © International Network for Higher Education. | en_US |
dc.subject | Distance education | en_US |
dc.subject | Disability | en_US |
dc.subject | Access | en_US |
dc.subject | Social justice | en_US |
dc.subject | Ubuntu | en_US |
dc.subject | Transformational leadership | en_US |
dc.subject | Enseignement à distance | en_US |
dc.subject | Handicap | en_US |
dc.subject | Acces | en_US |
dc.subject | Justice sociale | en_US |
dc.subject | Leadership transformationnel | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-04: Quality education | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-10: Reduced inequalities | en_US |
dc.title | Students with disabilities’ access to distance education : a case for transformational leadership within the ambit of Ubuntu | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |