The cultural understanding of inclusion and its development within a centralised system

International Journal of Inclusive Education

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1241-1258

  Strogilos, Vasilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

centralised system; collaborative teaching; group learning; inclusion; integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870832441     PISSN: 13603116     EISSN: 14645173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2011.557447     Document Type: Article

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