Although both researchers and practitioners in the field of special education have been strongly demanding inclusive education in line with the global trend, yet in reality, the unprepared education service environment has been creating nothing but co...
Although both researchers and practitioners in the field of special education have been strongly demanding inclusive education in line with the global trend, yet in reality, the unprepared education service environment has been creating nothing but confusion. The discussion on the concept and practice of inclusive education will lead to unending chains of conceptual confusion if we blindly adhere to terminology in the sole consideration of the ease of implementation within the country and refuse to face the global changes in the fundamental paradigm and practice. The discussion on inclusive education must be centered not around whether to implement it, but around the implementation in what manners and to what degree may maximize the effectiveness of teaching and learning while ensuring the learner's right to education. In the same vein, focus must also be placed on the questions of how and to what degree the purposes and value of inclusive education should be actualized as well as the effectiveness and usefulness of the form of implementation. Since the environment of inclusive education varies among regions and schools, we should direct our efforts to specify and implement it in accordance with such variances rather than to standardize the concept and practice of it. Inclusive education should be seen as the purpose and value to achieve as well as the means to use, and is the task to be coomplished by the society to realize community.