Integrated education is linked to a process of placing students with special education needs in ordinary schools. The aim of inclusive education is to provide high quality learning opportunities for students with different educational needs. Development in every region has experienced different stages and areas of concerns, and covered service targets with different types of specific needs. In the development process, the government will base on the current needs and formulate relevant regulations and ordinances to steer the implementation. Inclusion education is one of the essential tasks in school reform as observed in overseas countries. The government is expected to advocate inclusion proactively, deploy the necessary resource and encourage collaboration. Copyright © 2015 Asian Journal Center, Asian Federation on Intellectual Disabilities.

近年本港出現多所由教育統籌局倡議成立的特殊學校暨資源中心，期望能為就讀於主流學校的具特殊教育需要學童及其教師提供支援，解決他們在學與教上面對的困難。這些特殊學校暨資源中心除提供一般的特殊教育服務外，承擔了融合教育的先導角色。就此，政府理應清晰地保證其適切的資源投入；在營運過程中，鼓勵及輔導這些機構因應實際需求，提供多元化的支援服務；而對其產出亦要有一定的問責機制，監察資源的投放是否能符合成本效益原則。這項措施實為本地特殊教育發展的一個重要里程，其成敗關係著融合教育的推展是否暢順，相信這是業界的共識。 本文作者從教育政策的制定、學校組織變改革兩個視點嘗試初步分析這項措施，指出多項在應然及實然層面間可能存在的問題，並提出知識型經濟社會下特殊學校暨資源中心的存在意義及可能模式。期望能引起業界關注及討論。 With the recent development on the pilot project to develop special schools into resource centers by the Education and Manpower Bureau for supporting students with special educational needs being integrated into the mainstream schools, a number of special schools are acting as pioneers for developing integrated education in Hong Kong. The Government should therefore take an active role for providing resources as well as monitoring the impact of the pilot project as the project will become one of the key milestones in the development of special education services as well as integrated education in Hong Kong. The article attempted to discuss the important issues involved in developing special schools into resource centers and the possible strategies for promoting such development.
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今日的學童常在多元的學校環境中學習。如同世界其他各地，香港亦有各不同程度學習困難的兒童，逐漸融入主流學校的大趨勢。一般教育工作者因而增加了這方面的覺醒與需求，來滿足每一名不論是否殘障或具獨有特質學生的教育目標。本文敘述相關概念、理論、與有效策略來達成融合教育的最大成效。 Children in today's school are learning in a diverse environment. There has been a steady trend of inclusive education for students at various level of learning abilities and/or difficulties. General education practitioners are increasing their awareness of the requirements to fulfill individualized conditions and needs of each unique learner, whether disabled or nondisabled. This article will share information regarding major concepts, theories, and promising practices that can be implemented for better success of inclusive education for all students and school personnel.
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本文旨在討論特殊教育需要統籌主任在教師專業發展上可以發揮的角色。根據教育局的定義,統籌主任的職責在於協助學校管理層以全校參與模式推動融合教育,當中包括了系統層面的工作,如教師培訓等。教師認為當局提供的特教培訓不足,而即使進修了相關課程的老師,在學校的也未必能實踐新學到的知識。作者認為統籌主任有需要學習運用知識管理的工具,鼓勵教師在工作崗位上發掘新知識,並促動教師之間知識的流動,以彌補教師團隊在融合教育上所欠缺的知識。The article discusses a possible role the special educational needs coordinator can assume in the professional development of teachers. The Education Bureau defines the duties of the coordinator as assisting the school management in promoting the Whole School Approach to Integrated Education, including work at a system level such as teacher training. Teachers are of the view that the Bureau does not provide enough training in special educational needs. Even when teachers have completed relevant training, they may not be able to put what they have learned into practice. The author suggests that the coordinator should learn to use the tools in knowledge management to encourage other teachers to generate new knowledge and facilitate the flow of knowledge among them, thereby filling the gap of knowledge of the teachers in integrated knowledge.
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基於獨特的歷史背景，加上東西文化頻繁往來的交流與歷練，以及政、經等環境的演化和變遷，對香港特殊教育政策的制定有一定的影響，香港的教育決策者、施政人員，協同前線同工，近年逐步摸索而推出一套略有所成，但仍須繼續加以改進且依序提昇，以便更擴大推廣的「全校參與」融合教育實行模式。此模式之優劣處有其值得探討和大家研究的地方。本文旨在就實現融合教育的發展做初步綜合介紹，並搭配亞太其他地區的互動經驗，與非正式研究所得到的一些結論，做一個簡咯的報告。藉以拋磚引玉，廣邀同行先進，深入討論，追求有更高品質的成就，來嘉惠學子。 Hong Kong's unique historical background and frequent exchange of Eastern and Western cultures and experiences, plus the recent evolution in political and economic situations, may have been the catalyst for the development of today's whole school approach model for inclusive education by policy makers, administrators, and frontline practitioners. This paper is an attempt to introduce initial-stage studies into Hong Kong practices, with confirmation and additional findings in the Asia-Pacific region. The author wishes to promote further collaboration for the advancement of programs and services to benefit our students.
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融合教育的理念在香港少有爭議，然而其實踐却引來業界以至整個社會的不安。而收納有特殊學習需要學童的主流學校數目亦有增無已，自1999年教育署正式啟動「融合教育計劃」後至去年止，已超過半數香港主流小學參加了「融合教育計劃」。這項標示人權、公平、與「反隔離」的教育倡導，漸成香港教育改革中的一項重要議程。然而，除了政府的正面報導外，不論在報章上、學術研討會上，或在學界的調查研究中，我們都可接收到各類有關持份者痛陳目前的融合教育政策與執行缺失的訊息。為數非少的家長、主流學校、及特殊學校都在這看似融合美境之中叫苦連連。本文從教育生態角度，剖析香港十年教改與融合教育措施的互動關係，分析主流學校與特殊學校的藍海策略，提出可借鏡某些國家承認雙重國籍的方案，提供融合生雙重學籍，以解構教育系統二分法造成的三輸局面。 The conceptual good will behind integrated education in Hong Kong attracts very little debate, while its implementation arouses unrest amongst the education sector and the community at large. Since the inception of integrated education by the Government in 1999, statistics last year indicated that there were more and more schools joining the programme and over half of the primary schools in Hong Kong have then joined the programme. This new trend, demonstrating the respect for human rights, equality and anti-segregation, is now becoming one of the key issues of concern within the education reform of Hong Kong. Except the favorable remarks made by the Government about the policy, there were heated debates in the education sector and the public concerning the negative impacts resulting from the implementation of integrated education within the media, academic conferences and researches. Parents, mainstream schools as well as special schools are all agonizing about the glossy picture painted for the policy. Using an ecological perspective to look at the implementation of integrated education in the past 10 years while focusing on the dynamics between the education reform issues and strategies for integrated education, the "Blue Ocean Strategy" can be adopted as a basic principle for mainstream and special schools to work successfully together. Similar to a country giving recognition to dual nationality, one of the strategies might be the adoption of a dual-registration system for students to register with both types of school for ensuring their successful survival within integrated education. The proposal can be a practical

This paper, based on a keynote speech delivered at "Rock and Roll of New Senior Secondary (NSS)" conference organised by the Special Education Society of Hong Kong, briefly reviews the journey from integration to inclusion in education for disabled learners. In doing so, it presents a social model of disability that provides the basis for inclusive education. It addresses current focus on inclusive education in Hong Kong and identifies gaps between theory and practices of inclusive education with a specific focus on the New Senior Secondary Academic Structure and its implication on disabled learners attending special schools. 本文取材自作者為香港特殊教育學會舉辦的【新高中的樂與怒】研討會上發表的講稿。文章簡略追溯了融合教育發展至全納教育之歷程，並以殘疾的社會模式作為提供全納教育的基礎。文章述及香港融合教育的現行重點，並以新高中學制為例，指出當中理論與實踐間之鴻溝及其對殘疾學生就讀特殊學校的影響。
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香港教育大學中國語言學系提供的「照顧小學生中文的學習差異專業進修證書」課程，通過理論介紹與行動研究，幫助在職老師進一步了解、掌握、推動小學中文課室內融合教育，改善教學方法，提升教學質量，照顧學生不同需求，讓不同層次的學生在學習上都能有所提升，從而更好地在學校推行融合教育。此課程是一個雙向的課程，學員們不但能從課程中學到最新的理論，也可以從各自的學校的實戰當中相互分享先進實用的經驗。本文將列舉本課程中和學員一道進行的一部分行動研究，並闡述一些學校在融合教育當中對於協助具有特殊教育需要的同學在小學中國語文方面的中國語文校本課程計劃、照顧個別差異的課程評估，以及提升學生在閱讀教學中的興趣和投入感等方面的實戰經驗，使學界能對香港小學課室內中文科目融合教育有進一步的了解。The Department of Chinese Language Studies of The Education University of Hong Kong offers a “Certificate in Professional Development Programme on Catering for Student Diversity in Learning Chinese in Primary Schools” course. Through theoretical introduction and action research, the in-service teachers can better understand, master and promote their classroom integration in primary school Chinese classes and improve their teaching methods. The quality of teaching takes care of students' different needs and enables students of different levels to improve their learning so as to better integrate education in schools. This course is a two-way course, not only the in-service teachers can learn the latest theory from the course, but also share their advanced and practical experiences. This article will describe some of the action studies conducted in conjunction with the students in this course, and explain some of the schools' Chinese language school-based curriculum plans for assisting students with Special Educational Needs in elementary school Chinese language in integrated education. The practical experience of taking care of individual differences in curriculum assessments and enhancing students' interest in and interest in reading has enabled the academic community to have a better understanding of the integration of Chinese subjects in Hong Kong’s primary school classrooms. Copyright © 2017 特殊教育學會有限公司.