'My eyes went wide open' - An evaluation of the special needs education awareness course at Molepolole College of Education, Botswana

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-138

  Dart, Gareth ^a  

^a Molepolole College of Education   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Disabilities; Inclusion; Special educational needs; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747838015     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2006.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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