Exploring the Special Education versus Regular Education Decisions of Future Teachers in the Rural Midwest

Rural Special Education Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 3-9

  Desutter, Keri L ^a   Lemire, Steven Dale ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Introductory education coursework; preservice teacher perceptions; special education teacher recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85059887624     PISSN: 87568705     EISSN: 21688605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/875687051603500402     Document Type: Article

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