Strengthening the special educational needs element of initial teacher training and education

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 183-190

  Golder, Gill ^a   Jones, Nicky ^a   Quinn, Erica Eaton ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARJON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Special educational needs; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749100209     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2009.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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