Can qualitative research inform policy implementation? Evidence and arguments from a developing country context

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Smit, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atlas.ti; Educational change; Policy implementation and qualitative research; Teacher experiences; Teacher resistance; Teacher voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342902707     PISSN: 14385627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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