ETH306W – Inclusive Education: Educational Themes – Education Studies Assignment Help

Assignment Task

ASSIGNMENT: Multiple-choice questions
Choose the correct option for each question.
1. What cause barriers to learning and development?
(1) Extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors, inflexible curriculum, inappropriate teaching and learning methods.
(2) Physical and physiological impairments, inadequate environmental influences, inflexible curriculum, language of learning and teaching.
(3) Attitudes, flexible curriculum, language of learning and teaching, safe school environment.

2. Which statement regarding the manifestation of learning problems is false?
(1) Learning problems manifest in all learning areas.
(2) Learning problems only manifest in children from poor socio-economic backgrounds.
(3) Learning problems manifest in certain learning areas such as mathematics.

3. Learners with which type of problems may experience problems with the concepts of left and right outside their bodies?
(1) Directionality problems
(2) Laterality problems
(3) Lateral dominance problems

4. Which of the following are examples of school factors that cause barriers to learning?
(1) Socio-economic background, emotional problems, neurological problems, inadequate environmental influences
(2) Poor teaching, incomplete participation on the part of learners, inflexible curriculum, crowded classrooms
(3) Lack of parental involvement, inflexible curriculum, impairment, negative attitudes

5. Which option is not true about disability discrimination?
(1) The imposition of a term that would result in a person with visual, hearing or mobility impairment being separated from his/her guide dog.
(2) The systematic and individual discrimination against people with or perceived to have HIV.
(3) Referring learners with severe or multiple impairments to resource centres (special schools).

6. According to the Education White Paper 6, which challenge should inclusive education not pose?
(1) Accept people who are different.
(2) Accept people who are facing challenges.
(3) Accept that some learners are not educable.

7. Which statement is true about inclusive education?
(1) It is the same as mainstreaming.
(2) It acknowledges that all learners and young people can learn and that all learners and young people need support.
(3) It is about preparing teachers to work with learners in special schools.

8. What is the definition of “underachievement”?
(1) The learner achieves below the class average.
(2) There is a gap between the learner’s achievement and what she/he is capable of.
(3) The learner achieves below his/her or the educator’s expectation.

9. Which option includes examples of behavioural problems?
(1) Aggression, fights and being quarrelsome.
(2) Nervousness, restlessness and tension.
(3) Being an introvert, self-isolation and shyness.

10. Which option best represent socio-economic barriers to learning?
(1) Depression, anxiety, self-consciousness.
(2) Physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, mental disorders
(3) Lack of medical services, poverty, child abuse