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Research Needs in the Education of Visually Handicapped Children in New Zealand: Address to National Conference, New Zealand Association of the Blind and Partially Blind – Auckland, August, 1983

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Keri Wilton
Keri Wilton*
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University of Auckland
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The need for capable, dedicated, and well trained teachers in special educational facilities for visually handicapped children is, and has always been crucial for the effective operation of those facilities. At the same time, the need for the above mentioned qualities in teachers of visually handicapped children has become more apparent in recent years, in the light of various changes which have occurred in the context of special educational services generally. These changes have also strongly affected the direction and scope of special educational research (Wedell & Roberts 1982).

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Research and Review
Information
Australasian Journal of Special Education , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , May 1984 , pp. 9 - 12
Copyright
Copyright © The Australian Association of Special Education 1984

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Reference Notes

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