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

Author: Yang Shengqin
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Publish Date: 2001-05-08
Features: Introduction to Special Education – Students with Special Educational Needs in Regular Classrooms was organized and compiled by the Teaching Resources Department of the Shanghai Education Commission and served as a public required textbook for various training programs for administrative personnel and teachers in primary and secondary schools and kindergartens during the "Nineteen-Ninety-Five" period. During the "Nineteen-Ninety-Five" period, the continuing education work for teachers in Shanghai primary and secondary schools and kindergartens followed the guiding principles of "comprehensive openness, instruction based on needs, hierarchical responsibility, scientific management, and pursuit of effectiveness." It aimed to create and improve a new teacher training system adapted to the economic, social development, and basic education reforms in the city. This system sought to further enhance the ideological and political awareness, professionalism, teaching and educational capabilities, and educational research abilities of all teachers based on their existing foundation, in order to meet the needs of basic education reform in the city and the transformation of primary and secondary schools toward quality-oriented education. The compilation of the textbook strove to reflect targetedness, applicability, practicality, advancement, and scientific rigor. This textbook, starting from the real needs of teachers and school education, closely connects with practical education, emphasizes the application of knowledge, focuses on the training of skills and techniques, and provides abundant and up-to-date information. Its knowledge system and methods align with scientific requirements.