The progress of inclusive education in South Africa: Teachers' experiences in a selected district, KwaZulu-Natal

Improving Schools

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-14

  Ntombela, Sithabile ^a  

^a KwaZulu Natal   (South Africa)

Author keywords

barriers to learning and development; paradigm shift; professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953165337     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: 14757583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480210390082     Document Type: Article

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