Becoming an inclusive educator: Agentive maneuverings in collaboratively taught classrooms

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 71, Issue , 2018, Pages 179-189

  Naraian, Srikala ^a   Schlessinger, Sarah ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85044366976     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2017.12.012     Document Type: Article

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