The Dynamic Relationship between Context, Curriculum, and Student Learning: A Case for Inclusive Education as a Research-Based Practice

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-195

  Jackson, Lewis B ^a   Ryndak, Diane L ^b   Wehmeyer, Michael L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological; equality of educational opportunity; inclusion; institutions; research based practices; selfcontained programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952636297     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: 21692408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.33.4.175     Document Type: Article

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