Studying studies on teacher reflection and action: An appraisal of research contributions

Educational Research Review

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-132

  Marcos, Juan Jose Mena ^a   Tillema, Harm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inquiry; Meta analysis; Qualitative methodology; Research on teaching; Teacher reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749640340     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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