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ERIC Number: EJ499261
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0952-3383
Feeling Different: Viewpoints of Students with Special Educational Needs.
Wade, Barrie; Moore, Maggie
British Journal of Special Education, v21 n4 p161-65 Dec 1994
This cross-cultural study of the attitudes of special needs students examined responses from 161 students in Great Britain and 160 students in New Zealand, in both segregated and integrated settings. Students responded to a questionnaire and sentence completion task. Analysis focuses on those responses which addressed students' feelings of difference. Students reported often feeling excluded and unvalued. (DB)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Self Esteem, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Social Integration, Special Education, Special Needs Students, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain; New Zealand