‘When I meet them I talk to them’: The challenges of diversity for preservice teacher education

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 159-177

  Leavy, Aisling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 50849117201     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323310500435422     Document Type: Article

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