Discourses of inclusion in initial teacher education: Unravelling a New Zealand 'number eight wire' knot

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 588-593

  O'Neill, John ^a   Bourke, Roseanna ^a   Kearney, Alison ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Case narrative; Inclusive education; Initial teacher Education; Programme reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349094053     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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