Revisiting the Trajectories of Special Teacher Education in China through Policy and Practice

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 346-361

  Wang, Yan ^a   Mu, Guanglun Michael ^a,b,c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; disability; education policy; in service training; Learning in Regular Classrooms; pre service education; special education; special teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908121829     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2014.955792     Document Type: Article

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