‘Inclusion in Practice’: Programme Practices in Mainstream Preschool Classrooms and Associations with Context and Teacher Characteristics

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 529-544

  Vlachou, Anastasia ^a   Fyssa, Aristea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classroom quality; descriptive observational methods; early years; Greece; Inclusive Classroom Profile; inclusive education; programme practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958761463     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2016.1145629     Document Type: Article

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