‘SEN – a politically correct phrase to replace terms such as disabled?’ A study of the views of students entering a secondary PGCE course

Support for Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-21

  Pearson, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Initial Teacher Training; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750595600     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0268-2141.2005.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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