Developing Educators for Inclusive Classrooms through a Rural School-University Partnership

Rural Special Education Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-22

  Hoppey, David ^a  

^a Johnson University Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

clinically rich teacher education; co teaching; job embedded professional development; Rural special education; teacher learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85057023664     PISSN: 87568705     EISSN: 21688605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/875687051603500103     Document Type: Article

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