Preparing Master-students of the Erasmus Mundus Programme in Special Education Needs for International Collaboration: An insight for Hong Kong teacher education in SEN

In this article, the Erasmus Mundus programme in Special Education Needs, with the financial support from the European Commission, run in Europe from 2005-2010, is reported. The discussion will focus especially on the learning in the field of collaborative skills and attitudes that have occurred in the programme. With reference to the feedback of the participants, the features such as practices of internationalization, multicultural understanding, collaboration in learning and reflection in professional practice are significantly noted. In comparison, these insights may exert far-reaching impact to course planning of professional development in special needs at different levels in Hong Kong.
本文主要介紹2005至2010年度，由歐盟獎學金資助的「伊拉斯莫斯特殊教育需要」碩士課程。重點討論受資助學員於學習過程中各方面的得益，尤其是協作技巧及態度的改變。根據學員對課程的評價，此課程包括國際化、多元文化學習、協作學習及專業實踐反思等特色。與香港比較，這些啟發對特殊教育培訓課程的編排及各階段的專業發展，有深遠的影響。 Copyright © 2011 The Special Education Society of Hong Kong Ltd.