Engagement for All
The Contribution of a Project Towards Quality Education In Rural Primary Schools
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Matlala Makokotlela
Quality education in primary schools has become a matter of interest. The sustainable Development Goal number four is centred around quality education to safeguard inclusivity, equitable quality education while promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. This includes learners from various backgrounds such disadvantaged to advantaged environments. Worldwide countries have set a timeframe for all the learners to have gained knowledge and acquired necessary skills to advance sustainable lifestyles through education for sustainability. This qualitative case study used an interpretive paradigm and social constructivism theory to explore how learners receive quality education for quality life in a non-quality primary school setting in one of the South African provinces. Participants were purposively selected. Data were collected through interviews and observations. Data were thematically analysed and interpreted, thus yielding relevant themes that helped to reveal findings. The findings revealed that the learners received quality education through a project. It assisted the learners to acquire knowledge and skills with planting vegetables, vegetables augmented the National School Nutrition Programme, benefitted stakeholders, raised funds for the school, and attracted donations and later adoption. Challenges were that primary school learners are young to engage fully in activities that would practically afford them the opportunity to gain more knowledge and skills to sustain their lives. This study will provide a conclusion and recommendations in the area of quality education for all.
The Proposal of a Model of Support for Teachers and Parents of a Child Mechanically Ventilated at Home View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Agnieszka Kamyk-Wawryszuk
More and more children are being diagnosed with a chronic disease (CD) and are dependent on medical equipment, including mechanical ventilation, in their daily functioning. This group will continue to grow with time. The time spent in hospital is a period when certain life-saving medical procedures for children are applied, and often it is connected with medical trauma. Hence the child's return home environment and then to school is extremely important in the process of stabilisation and convalescence. The role of a child that he/she is performing is not only psychological, but also of social importance. This is all the more important as the treatment process can often change the child’s appearance, reduce the child's physical readiness to undertake various activities connected with the role of a pupil and contribute to the emergence of emotional problems. This results in existence of individual educational and communication needs that often modify the methods and forms of work with the child. The situation of the child is therefore complex and requires individualisation of the educational process. Hence the atmosphere in the school, the rules for dealing with a pupil with a CD, the competence of teachers, but also particular educational acts are important in the child’s educational process and can create a conducive environment for the development of the child and support his/her recovery. The aim of the speech is to present a model of support for teachers and parents in working with a child mechanically ventilated.
Deaf Children’s Experience in Emergent Literacy View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Ali Alasmari
The major components of emergent literacy are discussed such as phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, and phonics with a definition of emergent literacy. The rest of the paper reviews some studies that discuss emergent literacy for profoundly or severe hearing loss deaf children. The result explores how deaf children can experience emergent literacy in a qualitatively similar way as hearing children but quantitatively it is different.
