Making a difference: Moving beyond the superficial treatment of diversity

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 261-275

  Mills, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Pre service teacher education; Social justice; Teacher dispositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649120835     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598660802375925     Document Type: Article

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