Preparing teachers for inclusive classrooms

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 535-542

  Jordan, Anne ^a   Schwartz, Eileen ^a   McGhie Richmond, Donna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elementary; Inclusive schools; Mainstreaming; Special needs students; Teacher effectiveness; Teacher opinions; Teaching skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 63549108886     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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