High school teachers' perceptions of school-to-work transition practices in Taiwan

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-289

  Chan, Meng Chi ^a,b   Chadsey, Janis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b 288 Education Building   (United States)

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