Journal Articles
Managing change in an integrated school--A Hong Kong hybrid experience
- Managing change in an integrated school--A Hong Kong hybrid experience
- International Journal of Inclusive Education, 9(1), 89-103, 2005
- Routledge
- 2005
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Primary Education
- Following the world trend of inclusion in education, many schools in Hong Kong have started including students with special needs in the regular classrooms. Given the unique educational context of Hong Kong as 'East meets West', and given that inclusion is essentially a concept from the West, this paper argues that Hong Kong's integration has its unique hybrid features. This paper reports the experience of one primary school in the process of change in areas of stages of integration, leadership and whole school approach, during a two-year implementation period. Change processes at the school, classroom and individual levels are discussed. A case study methodology is used so that unique characteristics of the school in its naturalistic settings can be captured. Data were obtained from observation, documentary analysis, individual and group interviews of different school stakeholders: the principals, parents, teachers, resource teachers, and guidance personnel. Implications of findings to schools in Hong Kong and other countries facing similar issue in parallel and mixed cultural settings are discussed.[Copyright of International Journal of Inclusive Education is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1360311042000299766]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 13603116
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/4cb0cae7
- 2010-09-24
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