Attitudes of secondary school teachers towards inclusive education in New Delhi, India

Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 255-263

  Bhatnagar, Nisha ^a   Das, Ajay ^b  

^a Job Training Institute   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inclusion; India; Special needs; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911134324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14713802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-3802.12016     Document Type: Article

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