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When Inclusion Is Innovation: An Examination of Administrator Perspectives on Inclusion in China
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Hu, Bi Ying; Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth – Journal of School Leadership, 2011
This article examines administrator perspectives of innovative services for the inclusion of young children with disabilities in regular preschool classrooms in China. Twelve directors from 12 pilot inclusion preschools in Beijing participated in this study. Qualitative interview results revealed the following subthemes: definition, advocacy,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Administrators, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students
Post-Mao China: Educational Services for Exceptional Individuals
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Ding, Yi; Yang, Ling-Yan; Xiao, Fei; Van Dyke, Don C. – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2008
When William Moore, a Scottish Presbyterian pastor, established the first special school in China in 1874, the country began her long and circuitous journey toward establishing formal educational services for individuals with special needs. Special education in China developed slowly on the infertile soil of continual wars, political instability,…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Special Schools, Rural Urban Differences, Foreign Countries
The View Finder: Expanding Boundaries and Perspectives in Special Education. Volume One.
Michael, Robert J., Ed.; Juul, Kristen D., Ed. – View Finder, 1992
The articles included in this monograph represent a broad range of topics reflecting the current world scene with regard to the education of children with special needs. Titles and authors of the articles include: "UNESCO and Special Education" (Lena Saleh), which discusses the history, purposes, and activities of the United Nations…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Disabilities, Educational History, Educational Practices
Rehabilitation in Asia and the Pacific, 1988.
Rehabilitation International, New York, NY. – 1988
The current state of rehabilitation for persons with disabilities in the Asia and Pacific Region is outlined in a series of national or regional descriptions. The descriptions focus on such aspects as the incidence of disabilities, education, demographic and economic factors, attitudes, government policy and initiatives, non-government initiatives…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demography, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education