Reform, Inclusion and Teacher Education (eBook, ePUB)

Towards a new era of special education in the Asia-Pacific Region
Redaktion: Forlin, Christine; Lian, Ming-Gon John

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This ground-breaking book considers current perspective on educational reform in the Asia-Pacific regions with a focus on a new era of special education, particularly as this relates to the educational reform towards inclusive education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134040636
• Artikelnr.: 38261529

Autorenporträt

Chris Forlin is Head of Special Education in the Department of Educational Psychology Counselling & Learning at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Ming-Gon John Lian is the Director of the Centre for Advancement in Special Education (CASE) at The University of Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Section 1: Education Reform in Asia 1. Contemporary trends and
issues in education reform for special and inclusive education in the
Asia-Pacific region 2. Education reforms in special education 3.
Collaboration in the era of inclusion 4. Meeting new challenges of special
education in China Section 2: Preparing teachers to work in inclusive
classrooms 5. Education reform for inclusion in the Asia-Pacific region:
What about teacher education? 6. Preparing early childhood teachers to work
with young children with disabilities 7. Training of special needs officers
in Singapore to support inclusion 8. Teachers' attitudes, perceptions and
concerns about inclusive education in the Asia-Pacific region Section 3:
Effective special and inclusive practices 9. The challenge of raising
student levels of achievement in an inclusive national curriculum 10.
Promoting inclusion in the primary classroom 11. The inclusive secondary
school teacher 12. The changing roles and responsibilities of school
principals relative to inclusive education 13. General classroom strategies
to enhance the inclusion of students with learning difficulties 14.
Including children with autism in the culture of play with typical peers
15. Including students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and
autistic spectrum disorders 16. Transition for students with disabilities
17. Inclusive education as a catalyst for special educational reform in the
Asia-Pacific region