RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Li, Shangwei
T1 Basic special education in China: Status, challenges and strategies
JF Journal of Exceptional People
YR 2016
VO 5
IS 2
SP 83
OP 94
UL https://jep.actavia.cz/artkey/jep-201602-0008.php
AB Special education in China originated the in 19th century. The aim of the paper is mainly to introduce basic special education in contemporary China. At present, basic special education in China has made great progress in scale, integration and admission rate, etc.. However, there are some children with special needs not at elementary schools and fewer special schools with distributing imbalance, shortage of special teachers and poorer environment. Thus, it is very necessary to further improve "ecology", promote "inclusion" and reform teacher education of elementary special education in future China.