Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Editorial board; Foreword; Preface; Section 1 Education reform in the Asia-Pacific region; 1 Contemporary trends and issues in education reform for special and inclusive education in the Asia-Pacific region; 2 Education reforms in special education; 3 Collaboration in the era of inclusion; 4 Meeting new challenges of special education in China; Support materials and activities: Section 1; Section 2 Preparing teachers to work in inclusive classrooms; 5 Education reform for inclusion in the Asia-Pacific region
6 Preparing teachers to work with young children with disabilities7 Training of Special Needs Officers in Singapore to support inclusion; 8 Teachers' attitudes, perceptions and concerns about inclusive education in the Asia-Pacific region; Support materials and activities: Section 2; Section 3 Effective special and inclusive practices; 9 The challenge of raising student levels of achievement in an inclusive national curriculum; 10 P
Summary
This ground-breaking book considers current perspective on educational reform in the Asia-Pacific regions with a focus on a new era of special education, particularly as this relates to the educational reform towards inclusive education