Which variables relate to the attitudes of teachers, parents and peers towards students with special educational needs in regular education?

Educational Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 433-448

  de Boer, Anke ^a   Pijl, Sip Jan ^a,b   Post, Wendy ^a   Minnaert, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

attitudes; behaviour problems; disabilities; inclusive education; multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866442208     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2011.643109     Document Type: Article

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