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 signficantly noted. In comparision, these insights may exert far-reaching impact to course planning of professional development in special needs at different levels in Hong Kong.