Attitudes of primary initial teacher training students to special educational needs and inclusion

Support for Learning

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-8

  Mintz, Joseph ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Inclusion; Primary schools; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006527572     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2007.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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