Special educational needs, e-learning and the reflective e-portfolio: Implications for developing and assessing competence in pre-service education

Journal of Education for Teaching

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-196

  Lambe, Jackie ^a   McNair, Victor ^a   Smith, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; e portfolios; pre service education; special educational needs (SEN)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874456556     PISSN: 02607476     EISSN: 13600540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02607476.2013.765191     Document Type: Article

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