'So, where do they fit in?' Teachers' perspectives of multi-cultural education and diversity in Singapore

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-135

  Alviar Martin, Theresa ^a   Ho, Li Ching ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diversity; Multicultural education; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649273254     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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