Creating inclusive communities through pedagogy at three elementary schools

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 336-356

  Hazel, Cynthia E ^a   Allen, Wendy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

choice schools; inclusive school communities; pedagogy; qualitative research; school reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882243356     PISSN: 09243453     EISSN: 17445124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09243453.2012.692696     Document Type: Article

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