School improvement: The case for supported teacher research

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-182

  Halsall, Rob ^a   Carter, Karen ^a   Curley, Maureen ^b   Perry, Kath ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b St Mary s CE Primary School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Collaborative research; Partnership; School effectiveness; School improvement; Teacher research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347462554     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152980130204     Document Type: Article

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