What pedagogical approaches can effectively include children with special educational needs in mainstream classrooms? A systematic literature review

Support for Learning

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-94

  Rix, Jonathan ^a   Hall, Kathy ^a   Nind, Melanie ^a   Sheehy, Kieron ^a   Wearmouth, Janice ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inclusion; Interaction; Pedagogy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651028268     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2009.01404.x     Document Type: Review

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