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Students with Special Needs

Defined by Their Origin?

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Origins

Part of the book series: Transgressions ((TRANS,volume 104))

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I am writing from the supposition that any analysis is prejudiced, value-laden, and shaped by ontological and epistemological viewpoints. I am therefore beginning this chapter by providing the reader with a sense of who I am as a teacher and as a researcher.

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  1. Bruce Allen Knight
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  1. The University of Helsinki, Finland

    Fred Dervin

  2. The University of Iceland, Iceland

    Hanna Ragnarsdóttir

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Knight, B.A. (2014). Students with Special Needs. In: Dervin, F., Ragnarsdóttir, H. (eds) Origins. Transgressions, vol 104. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-854-1_5

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