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Communities of risk

Uncertainty in the school playground: shifting rationalities and teachers’ sense-making in the management of risks for children with disabilities

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Pages 301-317 | Received 30 Oct 2015, Accepted 15 Sep 2016, Published online: 05 Oct 2016

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