An exploration of student teachers’ perspectives at the start of a post-graduate master's programme on inclusive and special education

International Journal of Inclusive Education

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 743-755

  Kamenopoulou, Leda ^a   Buli Holmberg, Jorun ^b   Siska, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

inclusive education; international student perspectives; Post graduate teacher education; special educational needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948153675     PISSN: 13603116     EISSN: 14645173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2015.1111445     Document Type: Article

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