Responding to the need for inclusive teacher education: Rhetoric or reality?

Future Directions for Inclusive Teacher Education: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-12

  Forlin, Chris ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Ethics; Inclusion; International; Legislation; Politics; Rights; Teacher; Teacher educators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879354830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203113585     Document Type: Chapter

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