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ERIC Number: EJ834398
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jan
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1360-3116
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Managing Change in an Integrated School--A Hong Kong Hybrid Experience
Yee, Pattie Luk Fong Yuk
International Journal of Inclusive Education, v9 n1 p89-103 Jan 2005
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. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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