Inclusive Education for Dyslexia: Ubombo Primary School Case Study

This case study investigates the effectiveness of inclusive education for learners with dyslexia, using Ubombo Primary School as a case study. The study aims to identify the difficulties faced by dyslexic learners, assess the importance of inclusive education, and examine its effectiveness. The research highlights the role of inclusive education in supporting students with dyslexia, emphasizing the need for teachers to adopt various strategies, such as counseling, previewing materials, and adapting teaching methods. The conclusion emphasizes that dyslexia is a common learning difficulty and provides recommendations for teachers to support students with dyslexia. The study underscores the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach and collaboration in planning programs within the school curriculum to foster a positive learning environment for all students.

The effectiveness of inclusive
education to learners with
dyslexia. A case study of
Ubombo

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1. Aims and Objectives...............................................................................................................1
2. Purpose of research topic........................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................3

INTRODUCTION
Inclusive education plays important role in overcoming the problem of dyslexia among
students (Armstrong, Armstrong and Barton, 2016). Dyslexia is termed as a learning disability
and it is a condition from which 1 student out of 10 deals with it daily. Thus, in the following
discussion effectiveness of inclusive learning to learners with dyslexia has been discussed.
MAIN BODY
1. Aims and Objectives.
Aims: “To study the effectiveness of inclusive education to learners with dyslexia”. Case study
of Ubombo Primary School in Lubombo Region.
Objectives:
1. To ascertain difficulties that is faced by Dyslexia learners.
2. To assess importance of inclusive education in imparting learning to dyslexia learners.
3. To examine effectiveness of inclusive education to learners with dyslexia.
2. Purpose of research topic.
The purpose of research topic is to identify or determine the effectiveness of inclusive
education to learners with dyslexia. Inclusive education is termed as different and diverse
students that are learning side by side in a same classroom (Ellis, 2016). This type of education
means that all students from different neighbourhood schools are welcomed and are therefore
supported in order to learn and also to participate in every aspects of school life. While dyslexia
is a learning difficulty which causes problems related to writing, reading and spelling. This
problem may present challenges on a daily basis and are present with lots of challenges (Jing and
Chen, 2017). Thus, this research helps in identifying the strategies that is needed to adopt by
teachers in order to overcome this problem and support students with dyslexia. It has been
analysed that teachers must choose to counsel in order to overcome this obstacle. This will help
teacher in finding actual problem. Further, this research also helped in identifying that
previewing title, pictures, names of chapters and bold faced words so that they can easily make
predictions. Teachers must also get to know student and then take evidence based approach in
order to identify the actual need of support. Teachers must also change their way of teaching
students and also methods in which learning task are constructed.
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In addition to this, environment of learning is most influential factors in relation to
intervention of planning. Therefore, it becomes important in order to engage in multi disciplinary
assessment and also in collaboration to plan programmes that should be enclosed in school
curriculum. Thus, inclusive learning helps in developing a positive understanding among
themselves and also among others. This also leads in developing friendships and in learning
social skills (Kelly and Phillips, 2016). This type of education helps Dyslexia students to learn
from each other and later helps in overcoming this problem. Therefore, the main aim and
purpose of this study is to find solutions and recommend teachers for adopting various measures
that may help teachers to support such students.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion it has been concluded that, dyslexia is one of the most
common illness that is faced by maximum of the learners. This report also helps in analysing the
actual purpose of this discussion and also provides recommendations that has to be adopted by
teachers to overcome this problem.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journal
Armstrong, F., Armstrong, D. and Barton, L., 2016. Inclusive education: Policy, contexts and
comparative perspectives. Routledge.
Ellis, A.W., 2016. Reading, writing and dyslexia (classic edition): a cognitive analysis.
Psychology Press.
Jing, C.T. and Chen, C.J., 2017. A Research Review: How Technology Helps to Improve the
Learning Process of Learners with Dyslexia. Journal of Cognitive Sciences & Human
Development. 2(2).
Kelly, K. and Phillips, S., 2016. Teaching literacy to learners with dyslexia: A multi-sensory
approach. Sage.
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