Struggling for inclusive education in the north and the south: Educators' perceptions on inclusive education in Finland and Zambia

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-31

  Moberg, Sakari ^a   Savolainen, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Inclusive education; Special education; Teachers attitudes

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SURVEYS;

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION;

EDUCATION;

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FINLAND; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHER; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0037336521     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004356-200303000-00003     Document Type: Article

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