Inclusive education in Saudi Arabia and Finland: pre-service teachers’ attitudes

Support for Learning

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 71-85

  Alnahdi, Ghaleb H ^a   Saloviita, Timo ^a   Elhadi, Ayman ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

attitudes; Finland; inclusion; inclusive education; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063386523     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9604.12239     Document Type: Article

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