The meanings of differentiated instruction in the narratives of Eritrean teachers

Pedagogy, Culture and Society

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2023, Pages 419-437

  Zerai, Desalegn ^a,b   Eskelä Haapanen, Sirpa ^b   Posti Ahokas, Hanna ^c   Vehkakoski, Tanja ^b  

^a Asmara College of Education ^*  (Eritrea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Differentiated instruction; Eritrea; inclusive education; individualisation; narrative analysis; teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 85104456043     PISSN: 14681366     EISSN: 17475104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2021.1914712     Document Type: Article

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