The pragmatics of practitioner research: Linking new knowledge with power in an urban elementary school

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-180

  Wagner, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040559721     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/461948     Document Type: Article

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