Creating inclusive learning environments: Difficulties and opportunities within the new political ethos

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-135

  Freire, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

DEAFNESS; EDUCATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MULTILINGUALISM; POLITICS; PORTUGAL; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 57849144255     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enm055     Document Type: Article

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