The Problems of Beginning Special Education Teachers: Exploring the Contextual Factors Influencing Their Work

Action in Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-47

  Kilgore, Karen ^a   Griffin, Cynthia ^a   Otis Wilborn, Amy ^b   Winn, Judy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 84991482315     PISSN: 01626620     EISSN: 21586098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01626620.2003.10463291     Document Type: Article

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