Reform, Inclusion and Teacher Education : Towards a New Era of Special and Inclusive Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

by Forlin, Christine; Lian, Ming-Gon John

• ISBN13: 9780203895313
• ISBN10: 0203895312
• Copyright: 2008-06-05
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

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 - Chris Forlin and Ming-Gon John Lian 2. Education reforms in special education - Wu-Tien Wu, Yong-Wood Kim and Adrian Ashman 3.Collaboration in the era of inclusion - Anuradha Naidu 4. Meeting new challenges of special education in China - Jiacheng Xu Section 2: Preparing teachers to work in inclusive classrooms 5. Education reform for inclusion in the Asia-Pacific region: What about teacher education? - Chris Forlin 6. Preparing early childhood teachers to work with young children with disabilities - Hsin-Yi Wang 7. Training of special needs officers in Singapore to support inclusion - Kaili Chen and Kenneth Poon 8. Teachers' attitudes, perceptions and concerns about inclusive education in the Asia-Pacific region - Chris Forlin, Mei-Lan Au and Stella Chong Section 3: Effective special and inclusive practices 9. The challenge of raising student levels of achievement in an inclusive national curriculum - Keith Humphreys 10. Promoting inclusion in the primary classroom - Richard Rose 11. The inclusive secondary school teacher - Michelle Pearce 12. The changing roles and responsibilities of school principals relative to inclusive education - Umesh Sharma and Ishwar Desai 13. General classroom strategies to enhance the inclusion of students with learning difficulties - Bruce Knight, Lorraine Graham and Anne Bellert 14. Including children with autism in the culture of play with typical peers - Pamela Wolfberg 15. Including students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic spectrum disorders - Neil Humphreys 16. Transition for students with disabilities - Gilson, Christie and Ming-Gon John Lian 17. Inclusive education as a catalyst for special educational reform in the Asia-Pacific region - Tim Loreman