The development and initial validation of a questionnaire of inclusive teachers’ competency for meeting special educational needs in regular classrooms in China

International Journal of Inclusive Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 416-427

  Deng, Meng ^a   Wang, Sisi ^a,b   Guan, Wenjun ^a,c   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XINJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

competency; inclusive teachers; questionnaire; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975321781     PISSN: 13603116     EISSN: 14645173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2016.1197326     Document Type: Article

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