Reassessing the role of ethnographic methods in education policy research: Implementing bilingual education policy at local levels

Teachers College Record

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1106-1131

  Stritikus, Tom T ^a   Wiese, Ann Marie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WestEd   (United States)

^c WestEd   (United States)

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EID: 33744820002     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00687.x     Document Type: Review

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