Reproducing or challenging power in the questions we ask and the methods we use: A framework for activist research in urban education

Urban Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-26

  Nygreen, Kysa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative participatory research; Equity social change; Research paradigms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646896901     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-006-0026-6     Document Type: Article

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