A community just for practice: A case of an inclusive/special education course

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 171-192

  Thompson, S Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Inclusive special teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547901450     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20466631     Document Type: Article

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