eprintid: 10062049 rev_number: 21 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/06/20/49 datestamp: 2018-11-23 12:41:47 lastmod: 2020-02-12 19:51:37 status_changed: 2018-11-23 12:41:47 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Walker, ZM creators_name: Musti-Rao, S title: Inclusion in High-Achieving Singapore: Challenges of Building an Inclusive Society in Policy and Practice ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: A01 divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J79 keywords: inclusive society, inclusion, Singapore, education, special needs, social inclusion, education policy note: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited abstract: Building an inclusive society in which all people can participate effectively and live together requires understanding inclusive education and its impact on the social order. As countries of different regions face the vast array of challenges unique to their educational systems, it becomes apparent that inclusive societies are intricately tied to social inclusion policy initiatives and developments in education. Governments are becoming increasingly aware of the need to review their educational systems as they attempt to define what an inclusive society is and how to make inclusion truly effective. Singapore is a unique example of a country that has the resources and the vision, but currently lacks an educational system designed to fully include individuals with special needs. Although Singaporean students consistently score near the top in science, math, and reading achievement on international assessments, many students with special needs still receive their education in schools separated from their mainstream peers. In 2004, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong discussed a new vision of Singapore becoming an inclusive society that embraces all individuals with special learning needs. In this manuscript, the authors provide a brief history of Singapore and its education system and explore how PM Lee’s vision of an inclusive society has shaped practice and policy in Singapore schools in the last decade. Specific ideas and next steps for creating an inclusive Singapore for individuals with disabilities are discussed. date: 2016 date_type: published official_url: http://ger.mercy.edu/index.php/ger/article/view/221 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1602654 lyricists_name: Walker, Zachary lyricists_id: ZWALK70 actors_name: Walker, Zachary actors_id: ZWALK70 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Global Education Review volume: 3 number: 3 pagerange: 14-31 citation: Walker, ZM; Musti-Rao, S; (2016) Inclusion in High-Achieving Singapore: Challenges of Building an Inclusive Society in Policy and Practice. Global Education Review , 3 (3) pp. 14-31. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10062049/7/Walker_221-Article%20Text-1299-1-10-20160903.pdf