Working towards inclusion: Reflections from the classroom

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1516-1529

  Singal, Nidhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education for all; Educational change; Inclusive practices; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 45049086715     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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