Educational research: Pursuit of truth or flight into fancy?

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 597-616

  Bridges, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033249126     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192990250503     Document Type: Article

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