Special Educational Needs: A Contextualised Perspective

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-284

  Lupton, Ruth ^a   Thrupp, Martin ^b   Brown, Ceri ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

poverty; school context; school funding; special educational needs (SEN)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953142034     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071005.2010.500607     Document Type: Article

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