From Great Commission to Inclusive Education: A Tangible Illustration of Missionaries' Legacy

Autor/in	Poon-McBrayer, Kim Fong
Titel	From Great Commission to Inclusive Education: A Tangible Illustration of Missionaries' Legacy
Quelle	In: Journal of Beliefs & Values, 40 (2019) 1, S.19-30 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Poon-McBrayer, Kim Fong)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1361 7672
DOI	10.1080/13617672.2018.1458576
Schlagwörter	Inclusion; Christianity; Biblical Literature; Special Education; General Education; Correlation; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Attitude Change; Educational Development; Educational History; Foreign Countries; Religious Factors; Foreign Nationals; Role; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inklusion; Christentum; Bibel; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Korrelation; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Bildungsentwicklung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Ausland; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Rollen; Hongkong
Abstract	This article analysed missionaries' roles in the development of general and special education by examining the relationship between the Great Commission and education and the biblical perspective on disabilities as the foundational links between their work and inclusive education. While missionaries have not been directly involved in the practices of inclusive education today, their work in initiating and formalising special education services has facilitated a more welcoming attitude toward individuals with disabilities, and propelled governments around the globe to make special and inclusive education a public responsibility when socio-political environments demand it. To provide a concrete illustration, this article used Hong Kong as an example by examining missionaries' key involvements and impact in its development of public education from the early colonial era to today's inclusive education. The missionaries' legacy in Hong Kong's inclusive education development lay in their nurturing of Christian educators as supported by a high number of public Christian schools and Christian educators advocated for inclusive education, and in their efforts to formalise special education during the early colonial era (175). (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01