Journal Articles
Multiple perspectives on integrated education for children with disabilities in the context of early childhood centres in Hong Kong
- Multiple perspectives on integrated education for children with disabilities in the context of early childhood centres in Hong Kong
- Educational Review, 66(3), 345-361, 2014
- Routledge
- 2014
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Pre-Primary Education
- Primary Education
- The integration of children with disabilities in mainstream early childhood settings is a common practice in many developed and developing countries world-wide. A number of key points have been raised concerning such integration, including the increased attention to civil education about the rights of persons with disabilities, training for teachers, and close communication between the government and the mainstream schools. This paper presents a qualitative study of these critical issues in the context of integrated early childhood centres in Hong Kong. These centres operate under an integration policy inherited from the British colonial period. This policy lies within the larger philosophical context of Confucianism with its commitment to excellence, which makes for an intensely competitive schooling environment. Thus, the story presented in this paper is a collection of multiple perspectives of parents with and without children with disabilities, teachers, and school principals on the topic of integration. Looking at the bigger picture, we argue that rather than simply inheriting a policy that is prone to bureaucratic machinations, the policy must be adopted and owned within the local settings if it is to work properly. The implications of this study resonate with integrated education in settings that may be very different from the ones described herein. [Copyright of Educational Review is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2013.780007]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 00131911
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/0123ae1f
- 2014-12-19
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