Abstract
Inclusive school leadership is not a standalone project. It is spread across a broad array of individual leaders in the school. Successful inclusive education thrives on collaborative, shared and participatory leadership. Student leaders are generally not included in leadership discourses in respect of the implementation of inclusive education and the benefits inherent in it yet they live at the closest proximity to the learners and wield much influence over them. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the participation of student leaders in inclusive school governance could be used as a strategy to prepare them to champion the course of individuals who live with disability and special needs in order to build a more inclusive society. The explorative research employed a purposive sampling technique to select ten (10) student leaders from five (5) inclusive schools in Ghana. Semi-structured interview was used to glean information from the selected participants to answered the questions raised in the study. Results from the study were thematically analysed. The study concluded that the student leaders could be agents of societal transformation who would be capable of creating an environment where those with disability and special needs would be accepted by the society as ‘normal’.
Presenters
Thomas Jerome YeboahStudent, Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Africa, Brong-Ahafo, Ghana
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Educational Organization and Leadership
KEYWORDS
INCLUSIVE SCHOOL, GOVERNANACE,PARTICIPATORY, SHARED, COLLABORATIVE, LEADERSHIP
