2006, Vol.7, No.1

Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.96

pISSN : 1598-060X / eISSN : 2734-0090
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Asia‐Pacific area countries need to establish special education that fits each country’s circumstances. To do so, instead of imitating and applying philosophy and knowledge of advanced foreign countries, we have to build unique inclusive education model and clear educational identity, so that we can find a way to establish special education that fits our country. This paper deals with 6 countries, namely Australia (A), China (C), Hong Kong (H), Japan (J), Korea (K), and Taiwan (T) and is organized into 5 sections based on papers from each country. here is the list of the sections; 1) education structure in general and special education outlook of each country, 2) comparing present states of inclusive education in each country, 3) challenges and results of inclusive education in each country, 4) context and unique quality of inclusive education in each country, 5) implications and future tasks. And next, implications for inclusive education in Korea are suggested: use of special education related terms; attitude toward students with disabilities and awareness improvement education; diagnose and assessment of students with disabilities; special classroom education placement; process of educating teachers and teacher training; role of special teacher and cooperation between teachers; operate curriculum in operation conjunction with inclusive education; and inclusive education in special school and operation direction.

This study was to evaluate the adaption of the basic curriculum in the 7th special school curriculum and to find out the efficiency of its application. The survey was performed to 159 teachers in the special schools and special classrooms. The result of this study showed that teachers had difficulties in teaching subject matters because of low availability of textbook as a core of the curriculum and few teaching materials for each student's level of ability, and that although there were somewhat difference in every subject matter, the amount and the difficulty level of teaching contents were in general appropriate to them. The requisite conditions for individualized lesson were in turn found to be the reduction of students, a qualified teaching-learning assisted materials, and provision of various textbooks suited for the students' abilities. The special school teachers were conscious of the necessity to restructure the curriculum, and thus managed the lesson with the restructured curriculum suited for the characteristics of schools and students. The restructuring methods mainly used was found to be the substitution of the contents. According to the results of the study, the various level of the textbooks and the teaching contents for each subject matter should be made up for the students with diverse needs in the next revision of the curriculum, and finally a good quality of teaching-learning assisted materials for the optimization of the curriculum should be developed and disseminated.

The purpose of this study was to examine the actaulity and problemes of paraprofessional system by paraprofessionals perspect in Jeju area. The results which actaulity and problemes of paraprofessional system are as follows: First, the qualification which it is providing in current paraprofessional system, there is not a big problem. and most being necessary with the temperament as the paraprofessionals appeared that it is understanding for disabilities. Second, the roles of the paraprofessional are not delivered concretely. And the professor activity with the special education student of the paraprofessional is coming many portion in spite of actuality is forbidden. Third, the cooperation with the paraprofessional and the charge teacher is not become accomplished almost. Fourth, in vacation, paraprofessionals were not received pays, and this is the most urgent problem must be solved with the paraprofessional system. This research has a limit that it saw the specific area which is Jeju, so next researches should be widen the scope of area. And next researches process together the quantitative and quality research for right result.