**Inclusive Education and Transformative Teaching in South African Schools**

Question: Please write the following statements in your own words Question 1 1.1. Inclusive education in South Africa is the practice and process of creating supportive classrooms and schools that involve and meet the diverse needs of all learners, regardless of age, ability, socioeconomic background, talent, gender, language, HIV status and cultural origin. 1.2. A transformative teacher is one who brings about different teaching practices, fosters critical citizens and implements equity, redress, non-discrimination, access, justice and democracy in the school and classroom. 1.3. Special schools transformed to accommodate learners with high-intensity support needs, and to provide a range of support services to ordinary and full-service schools. 1.4. Barriers to learning refer to factors or obstacles that hinder a student's ability to fully engage in the learning process, such as learning difficulties, visual barriers, physical barriers or socio-economic barriers. 1.5. Being removed from the social group.