Girls and special education in the Caribbean

Support for Learning

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 189-196

  Lavia, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caribbean education; Education of girls; Inclusion; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149114502     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2007.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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