Inclusive education policy: What the leadership of Canadian teacher associations has to say about it

International Journal of Inclusive Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-140

  Thompson, S Anthony ^a   Lyons, Wanda ^a   Timmons, Vianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Federations; Inclusive education policy; Societies and unions; Teacher associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919843031     PISSN: 13603116     EISSN: 14645173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2014.908964     Document Type: Article

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