Expectations versus Perceptions of School Internship among B.Ed. Trainees in Special Education: A Multidimensional Factor-Analytic and Gap-Score Study

Author Name :- Jyoti Godara,Maheep Kumar Mishra,

Journal type:- NJRIP-National Journal of Research and Innovative Practices

Research Field Area :-  Department of Education ; Volume 11, Issue 2, No. of Pages: 17 

Your Research Paper Id :- 2026011702

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Keywords :- 

school internship; special education; teacher preparation; exploratory factor analysis; expectation–perception gap; B.Ed. programme; India; paired-samples t-test

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