Education reforms in special education

Reform Inclusion and Teacher Education: Towards a New Era of Special Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 13-29

  Wu, Wu Tien ^a   Ashman, Adrian ^b   Kim, Yong Wook ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Daegu University   (South Korea)

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EID: 77955258645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203895313     Document Type: Chapter

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