Preparing new teachers for inclusive schools and classrooms

Support for Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Winter, Eileen C ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inclusion; Initial teacher education; Teacher attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927513065     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2006.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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