High school physical educators' beliefs about teaching differently abled students in an urban public school district

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 730-757

  Hersman, Bethany L ^a   Hodge, Samuel R ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

General physical education; Inclusion; Planned behavior theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955241970     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: 15523535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124510371038     Document Type: Article

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