Attitudes and concerns of pre-service teachers regarding inclusion of students with disabilities into regular schools in Pune, India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-331

  Sharma, Umesh ^a   Moore, Dennis ^a   Sonawane, Sanjeev ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Attitude; Inclusion; India; Pre service teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 68549096260     PISSN: 1359866X     EISSN: 14692945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13598660903050328     Document Type: Article

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