The dissection of paraprofessional support in inclusive education: 'You're in mainstream with a chaperone'

Australasian Journal of Special Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-161

  Whitburn, Ben ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

inclusive education; paraprofessional support; qualitative research; secondary school; social justice; vision impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904997279     PISSN: 10300112     EISSN: 18336914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jse.2013.12     Document Type: Article

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