Perceptions of 'inclusion' and perceived preparedness among school teachers in Sri Lanka

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 143-153

  Hettiarachchi, Shyamani ^a,b   Das, Ajay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Inclusion; Skills; Sri Lanka; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905252781     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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