Teachers’ views of their preparation for inclusive education and collaboration

Teacher Education and Special Education

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 163-178

  Zagona, Alison L ^a   Kurth, Jennifer A ^b   MacFarland, Stephanie Z C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Inclusion; Inclusive education; Teacher preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042321828     PISSN: 08884064     EISSN: 19444931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0888406417692969     Document Type: Article

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