Practitioner research or descriptions of classroom practice? A discussion of teachers investigating their classrooms

Educational Action Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-405

  Bartlett, Steve ^a   Burton, Diana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Networks; Practitioner Research; Professional

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847098091     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790600847735     Document Type: Article

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