Introduction to Special Education: Students with Special Educational Needs in Regular Classrooms

Author: Tang Shengqin
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: "Introduction to Special Education—Students with Special Educational Needs in Regular Classrooms" was organized and compiled by the Teaching Staff Department of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. It served as a public required textbook for various training programs for administrative personnel and teachers in primary and secondary schools and kindergartens during the "Nineth Five-Year Plan" period. During the "Nineth Five-Year Plan" period, the continuous education of teachers in Shanghai's primary and secondary schools and kindergartens was guided by the principles of "comprehensive openness, teaching according to needs, hierarchical responsibility, scientific management, and emphasis on practical results." A new teacher training system was established and improved to meet the needs of the city's economic, social development, and basic education reforms. This aimed to further enhance the ideological and political awareness, professional ethics, teaching and educational capabilities, and educational research abilities of all teachers, enabling them to adapt to the reforms in basic education and achieve the transformation of primary and secondary schools toward quality-oriented education. The textbook was compiled with the goal of reflecting specificity, applicability, practicality, advancement, and scientific rigor. It addresses the real needs of teachers and schools, closely links with educational practice, emphasizes the application of knowledge, focuses on the training of skills and techniques, and provides extensive and up-to-date information. The knowledge system and methods in the textbook meet scientific requirements.