Developing teachers as agents of inclusion and social justice

Education Inquiry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Pantić, Nataša ^a   Florian, Lani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

educational change; inclusive pedagogy; teacher agency; teacher competence; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006855167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20004508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/edui.v6.27311     Document Type: Article

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