Attitudes of Greek parents of typically developing kindergarten children towards inclusive education

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-171

  Tafa, Eufimia ^a   Manolitsis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Inclusion; Inclusive education; Kindergarten; Parents

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINDERGARTEN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PARENTHOOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0038745581     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0885625032000078952     Document Type: Article

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