TY - JOUR
T1 - Learned helplessness in inclusive music classrooms
T2 - Voices of Hong Kong primary schools music teachers
AU - Wong, Marina Wai-yee
AU - Chik, Maria Pik-yuk
N1 - This work was supported by the General Research Fund of the Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR [grant number HKBU248911].
PY - 2015/9/2
Y1 - 2015/9/2
N2 - In Hong Kong, inclusive education is concerned with educating all students, including those who are categorised as having special educational needs (SEN). This qualitative study reports three challenges faced by primary schools music teachers required to implement inclusive education. The first two challenges echo those reported internationally - the lack of subject-specific pre- and in-service SEN training and insufficient school-based SEN support for music teachers. The third challenge is the key role of a societal mindset that, by valuing SEN interventions against other educational values, justifies discriminatory training and resourcing. It is against this mindset that these teachers argue and that explains why inclusive education in Hong Kong's primary music classrooms becomes a pathway for both SEN students and their teachers to learned helplessness.
AB - In Hong Kong, inclusive education is concerned with educating all students, including those who are categorised as having special educational needs (SEN). This qualitative study reports three challenges faced by primary schools music teachers required to implement inclusive education. The first two challenges echo those reported internationally - the lack of subject-specific pre- and in-service SEN training and insufficient school-based SEN support for music teachers. The third challenge is the key role of a societal mindset that, by valuing SEN interventions against other educational values, justifies discriminatory training and resourcing. It is against this mindset that these teachers argue and that explains why inclusive education in Hong Kong's primary music classrooms becomes a pathway for both SEN students and their teachers to learned helplessness.
KW - SEN music classroom
KW - inclusive education
KW - music teachers
KW - Hong Kong
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939651090&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13603116.2015.1019374
DO - 10.1080/13603116.2015.1019374
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84939651090
SN - 1360-3116
VL - 19
SP - 965
EP - 977
JO - International Journal of Inclusive Education
JF - International Journal of Inclusive Education
IS - 9
ER -