J. Except. People 2019, 8(2):47-55

Reflection on inclusive education: based on experience in Cameroon and Indonesia

Ling Guo
Faculty of special education, Leshan normal university, Binhe Road 778, 614000 Leshan, China

As a worldwide trend for the development of special education, inclusive edu-cation has been implemented in various forms in different countries. This article is based on two qualitative researches about inclusive education for children with hearing impairment in north-region of Cameroon and Indonesia. In both researches, interview and observation were used for collecting data. Based on comparison of these two studies from the aspects of background, research methods and main research findings, reflections on inclusive education in terms of understanding of inclusive education, practice of inclusive education for children with hearing impairment and limitations of research methods has been described in this article.

Keywords: inclusive education, hearing impairment, reflection
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The article is dedicated to solved project "Research on admission system of special education teachers in Sichuan", No. CJF14024. and grant" IGA_PdF_2019_019".

Published: June 11, 2019  Show citation

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