Reference List (China)

Policy documents and statistics on disability and education

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Ministry of Civil Affairs. (2011) Disability Classification and Grading. Beijing: MoCA.

Ministry of Education. (1994) Temporary Procedures for Implementing Learning in Regular Classrooms. Beijing: MoE.

Ministry of Education. (2009) Views on Promoting the Development of Special Education. Beijing: MoE.

Ministry of Education. (2017) Basic Statistics of Special Education 2016. Beijing: MoE. Accessed at: http://www.moe.gov.cn/s78/A03/moe_560/jytjsj_2016/2016_qg/201708/t20170823_311710.html

Ministry of Education, State Planning Commission, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Health & China Disabled Persons’ Federation. (1989) Several Opinions on the Development of Special Education. Beijing: MoE et al.

National Bureau of Statistics of China. (2006) The Second National Census of People with Disabilities. Beijing: NBSC.

National People’s Congress Standing Committee. (2008) Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities (revised). Beijing: NPCSC.

State Council. (2017) Regulation of Education for Disabled Persons (revised). Beijing: SC.

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Special and inclusive education development

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Deng, M. & Harris, K. (2008) Meeting the needs of students with disabilities in general education classrooms in China. Teacher Education and Special Education, 31(3): 195-207.

Deng, M. & Holdsworth, J. C. (2007) From unconscious to conscious inclusion: meeting special education needs in West China. Disability & Society, 5: 507-522.

Deng, M. & Poon-McBrayer K. F. (2012) Reforms and challenges in the era of inclusive education: the case of China. British Journal of Special Education, 39(3): 117-122.

Deng, M. & Zhu, X. (2016) Special education reform towards inclusive education: blurring or expanding boundaries of special and regular education in China. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 16(S1): 994-998.

Deng, M. & Zhu, Z. (2007) The Chinese ‘Learning in a Regular Classroom’ and western inclusive education. Chinese Education & Society, 4: 21-32.

Liu, C. & Su, X. (2014) Sui Ban Jiu Du: An approach toward inclusive education in China. In Florian, L. (Ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Special Education (2nd edition). London: SAGE. 187-202.

Ministry of Education & CNC-UNESCO. (2008) National educational report to the 48th session of the International Conference on Education: Inclusive education in China. Beijing: MoE & CNC-UESCO. Accessed at: http://www.ibe.unesco.org/National_Reports/ICE_2008/china_NR08_ec.pdf

Ni, Z. (2016) Rethinking inclusion: is there a right to inclusive education? Frontiers of Law of China, 11(3): 487-514.

Pang, Y. & Richey, D. (2006) The development of special education in China. International Journal of Special Education, 21(1): 77-85.

Save the Children. (2012) Report on the Development of Special Schools and LRC in Mainland China. Beijing: Save the Children. Accessed at: http://www.savethechildren.org.cn/images/stories/Recource_Center/publication/report_on_learning_in_regular-class.pdf

Shen, Q., McCabe, H. and Chi, Z. 2008. Disability Education in the People’s Republic of China: Tradition, Reform and Outlook. In Gabel, S. L. & Danforth, S. (Eds.) Disability and The Politics of Education: An International Reader. New York: Peter Lang. 177-199.

Yang, H. & Wang, H. (1994) Special education in China. Journal of Special Education, 28(1): 93-105.

Yu, L., Su, X. & Liu, C. (2011) Issues of teacher education and inclusion in China. Prospects, 41: 355-369.

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Children and young people’s experiences of inclusive education

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Wang, Y. (2016). Imagining Inclusive Schooling: An Ethnographic Inquiry into Disabled Children’s Learning and Participation in Regular Schools in Shanghai. PhD thesis. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh.

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Teachers’ attitudes, efficacy and agency

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Deng, M. (2004) Comparative study on the attitudes of LRC teachers towards inclusive education between urban and rural areas (Putong xiaoxue suibanjiudu jiaoshi dui quanna
jiaoyu taidu de chengxiang bijiao yanjiu). Educational Research & Experiment, 1: 61-66.

Feng, Y. (2010) Teacher career motivation and professional development in special and inclusive education in China. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Hu, B., Wu, H., Su, X. & Roberts, S. (2017) An examination of Chinese preservice and inservice early childhood teachers’ perspectives on the importance and feasibility of the implementation of key characteristics of quality inclusion. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 21(2): 187-204.

Ma, H. & Tan, H. (2010) Survey on the status of Learning in Regular Classrooms in Shanghai (Shanghaishi suiban jiudu xianzhuang diaocha). Chinese Journal of Special
Education, 1: 60-63.

Mu, G., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Feng, Y., Deng, M. & Liang, S. (2015) An enquiry into the professional competence of inclusive education teachers in Beijing: attitudes, knowledge, skills, and agency. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 62(6): 571-589.

Wang, Y., Mu, G. M. & Zhang, L. (2017) Chinese inclusive education teachers’ agency within temporal-relational contexts. Teaching and Teacher Education, 61: 115-123.

Yu, S. (2011) An investigation into the current integrated education in ordinary schools in Shanghai (Shanghai shi putong xuexiao suiban jiudu gongzuo xianzhuang de diaocha
yanjiu). Chinese Journal of Special Education, 4:3-9.

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Families’ experiences

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Feng, C. (2016) A good example of parent advocacy for rights in inclusive education in China. Frontiers of Law in China, 11(2): 323-338.

Human Rights Watch. (2013) “As long as they let us stay in Class”: Barriers to education for persons with disabilities in China. New York: HRW. Accessed at: https://www.hrw.org/report/2013/07/15/longthey-let-us-stay-class/barriers-education-persons-disabilities-china

Shang, X., Fisher, K. & Xie, J. (2011) Discrimination against children with disability in China. International Journal of Social Welfare, 20(3): 298-308.

Wang, P. (2009) Persevering in the Face of Hardship: Families of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities in the People’s Republic of China. In Hodapp, R. M (Ed.) International Review of Research in Mental Retardation (Volume 38). London: Elsevier. 70-89.

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Disability in China

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Dauncey, S. (2013) Breaking the silence? Deafness, disability and education in two Post-Cultural Evolution Chinese films. In Mogk, M. (Ed.) Different Bodies: Disability in Film & Television. Jefferson: McFarland. 75-88.

Hallett, S. (2014) ‘Enabling the disabled: The growing role of civil society in disability rights advocacy’. In Fulda, A. (Ed.) Civil society contributions to policy innovation in the PR China. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 173-195.

Kohrman, M. (2005) Bodies of difference: Experiences of disability and institutional advocacy in the making of modern China. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.

Lee, T. L. & Regan, F. (2010) Legal aid for the disabled in transitional China. International Journal of Human Rights, 14(3): 319-342.

Pearson, V., Wong, Y. & Pierini, J. (2002) The structure and content of social inclusion: voices of young adults with learning difficulties in Guangzhou. Disability & Society, 17(4): 365-382.

Potts, P. (2000) A western perspective on inclusion in Chinese urban educational settings. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 4(4): 301-313.

Stone, E. (1997) From the research notes of a foreign devil: disability research in China. In Barnes, C. & Mercer, G. (Eds.) Doing disability research. Leeds: The Disability Press. 207-227.

Sagli, G., Zhang, J., Ingstad, B. & Fjeld, H. (2013) Poverty and disabled households in the People’s Republic of China: experiences with a new rural health insurance scheme. Disability & Society, 28(2): 218-231.

Shang, X. (2000) Bridging the gap between planned and market economies: employment policies for people with disabilities in two Chinese cities. Disability & Society, 15(1): 135-156.