Researching groupwork: Outsider and insider perspectives

Groupwork

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-108

  McDermott, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Groupwork; Outcome; Practitioner research; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944437911     PISSN: 0951824X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1921/0951824X.15.1.90     Document Type: Review

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