The Elusive Search for Inclusive Education in a Comparative Study

  • Ilektra Spandagou
Part of the Studies in Inclusive Education book series (STUIE)

Abstract

I write this chapter ten years after I completed my PhD study and almost 16 years since I first started my doctoral studies. In the not so far past of the middle 1990s, the urgency for timely completion was much less than my students and I as a supervisor currently experience.

Keywords

Special Education Educational System General Education Disable People Inclusive Education 
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