Measuring perceived school support for inclusive education in Bangladesh: The development of a context-specific scale

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-344

  Ahmmed, Masud ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Inclusive education; Measure; Primary education in Bangladesh; School support; Teachers' perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883250585     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-013-9263-z     Document Type: Article

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