1st Edition
Supporting Diverse Students in Asian Inclusive Classrooms From Policies and Theories to Practice
This edited book is uniquely set in the context of Chinese societies. It deals with the issues of inclusive education in a Chinese context and examines inclusion from the experience of Hong Kong schools.
Like other countries, in Hong Kong, inclusive education has been promoted through Integrated Education (IE) and the Whole-School Approach (WSA). Recently, the government has introduced the induction of Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) in each Hong Kong school to help diverse students, especially students with special educational needs (SEN) and to develop inclusive teaching and learning practices. This book is one of the first to examine the influence of contextual and Chinese cultural factors in the field of inclusive education, in regard to how schools support students with diverse learning needs and SEN. It also offers an account of context-specific measures towards promoting inclusive education.
This book will help scholars and school practitioners in Asia in particular and in the West, in general, develop a comprehensive understanding of context-specific inclusive practices in education for students with diverse learning needs.
SECTION I: INTRODUCTION
1. Global Perspectives and the Challenge of Inclusive Education
Shahid Karim and Ming-Tak Hue
2. Educational Policies on the Promotion of Inclusion in Hong Kong Schools
Ming-Tak Hue
3. Piecemeal Policies and Measures in Supporting Non-Chinese Students in Hong Kong
Shahid Karim
SECTION II: THEORY AND RESEARCH ON STUDENTS WITH SEN
4. Autism Spectrum Disorder and High-functioning Autism in Children
Da Jiang
5. How to Understand Dyslexia: From Domain-Specific to Domain General Factors
Duo Liu Phil and Zhengye Xu
6. Speech, Language and Communication Disorders
Suk Han Lau Polly
7. Challenges for Gifted and Talented Students in Hong Kong: Insights from an Asynchronous Development Perspective and Chinese Cultural Values
Mavis Wu-jing He, Anna Na-na Hui and Tim I-mau Tsang
8. Supporting Students with Emotional and Behavioural Challenges: Considerations for Inclusive Education
Shahid Karim
SECTION III: SCHOOL PRACTICES FOR INCLUSION
9. Interventions for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Emily Wing Sze Chow
10. Supporting Chinese Students with Dyslexia
Li-Chih Wang and Tingting Wang
11. The Effective Functioning of SENCO in Hong Kong
Ming-Tak Hue
12. Managing Diversity and Diverse Learning Needs of Ethnic Minority Students
Rizwan Ullah
13. Executive Functioning Intervention for Students with ADHD
Kei Yan Poon
CONCLUSION
14. Whole-School Approaches to Building Inclusive Classroom and School
Ming-Tak Hue and Shahid Karim
Biography
Ming-Tak Hue is currently a Professor and Co-Director of the Integrated Centre for Wellbeing. He was the head of the Department of Special Education and Counselling from 2013 - 2020. He obtained his PhD at the Institute of Education, the University of London, England.
Shahid Karim is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). Before he embarked on his PhD journey at EdUHK, he served at the Aga Khan University Institute for Education Development (AKU-IED), Karachi, as a research associate. He obtained his MA in Muslim Cultures at the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) London, England.
