Student teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of children with special educational needs in the ordinary school

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 277-293

  Avramidis, Elias ^a   Bayliss, Phil ^a   Burden, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inclusion; Integration; Teacher education; Teachers' attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034349911     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-051X(99)00062-1     Document Type: Article

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