Doctors diagnose, teachers label: The unexpected in pre-service teachers talk about labelling children with ADHD

International Journal of Inclusive Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-264

  McMahon, Samantha Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; epistemology; Foucault; labelling; pre service teachers; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859372693     PISSN: 13603116     EISSN: 14645173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2010.481799     Document Type: Review

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