Students with disabilities’ access to distance education : a case for transformational leadership within the ambit of Ubuntu

dc.contributor.authorAluko, Folake Ruth
dc.contributor.authorMampane, Motlalepule Ruth
dc.contributor.emailruth.aluko@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-11T11:26:10Z
dc.date.available2023-08-11T11:26:10Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThere 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.abstractIl 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.departmentEducational Psychologyen_US
dc.description.librarianam2023en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.ajol.info/index.php/ijaheen_US
dc.identifier.citationAluko 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.issn2313-5069 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.6017/ijahe.v9i1.15237
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/91891
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Network for Higher Education in Africa, University of Kwazulu-Natalen_US
dc.rights© International Network for Higher Education.en_US
dc.subjectDistance educationen_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectAccessen_US
dc.subjectSocial justiceen_US
dc.subjectUbuntuen_US
dc.subjectTransformational leadershipen_US
dc.subjectEnseignement à distanceen_US
dc.subjectHandicapen_US
dc.subjectAccesen_US
dc.subjectJustice socialeen_US
dc.subjectLeadership transformationnelen_US
dc.subjectSDG-04: Quality educationen_US
dc.subjectSDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesen_US
dc.titleStudents with disabilities’ access to distance education : a case for transformational leadership within the ambit of Ubuntuen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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