Inclusive education a "rhetoric" or "reality"? Teachers' perspectives and beliefs

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-136

  Tiwari, Ashwini ^a   Das, Ajay ^b   Sharma, Manisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY   (United States)

^b MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Disability; Inclusive education; India; Policy; Special education; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944459309     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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