Educational action research: The death of meaning? Or, the practitioner's response to utopian discourse

Educational Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-86

  Newby, M J ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Objectivity; Philosophy of education; Practice; Reflexivity; Research traditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039972089     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0013188970390105     Document Type: Article

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