Research on implementing inclusive education for municipality and preschool levels in Taiwan

Taiwan’s inclusive education has been developed fully through national legislations and local government policies since 1984 within the Special Education Act. This national law clearly mandates the concept of inclusive education for the students with special education needs starting from the age of two. This article presents two sections of research on the implementation of regulations in inclusive education. The first was at the local government level of Kaohsiung City with design for the in-service teachers training program in special education. The second one was a school-wide level focus on differentiated instruction implementation for kindergarten teachers. The document analysis, action research and case method were applied in these studies. The result of the first section study was that 52 preschool teachers completed a 60-hour special education professional course held by Kaohsiung City in 2019 to 2020. The result of the second section study was a school-wide inclusive education practical model with administrative suport and teachers’ competency in differentiated instruction of six cases. Two studies showed positive results of inclusive education practice for a municipality and a preschool level in Taiwan.