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Teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion in Turkey

Salih Rakap Department of Special Education, College of Education, University of Florida, PO Box 117050, G‐315 Norman Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611‐7050, USA; Department of Special Education, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Louise Kaczmarek School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, 5160 Wesley W. Posvar Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, 15260, USA
Pages 59-75 | Received 03 Jan 2009, Accepted 03 Jun 2009, Published online: 01 Feb 2010

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