Action-oriented research: Strategies for engaged scholarship

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 936-948

  Small, Stephen A ^a   Uttal, Lynet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Action oriented research; Applied research; Community based research; Engaged university; University community partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745317964     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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