Affordances and limitations of a special school practicum as a means to prepare pre-service teachers for inclusive education

International Journal of Inclusive Education

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 957-974

  Walton, Elizabeth ^a   Rusznyak, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Inclusive education; Practicum; Pre service teacher education; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892400117     PISSN: 13603116     EISSN: 14645173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2013.872203     Document Type: Article

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