Gauging the deliverable? Educational research in Northern Ireland

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-114

  Gallagher, Tony ^a   Gardner, John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247866581     PISSN: 14749041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2007.6.1.101     Document Type: Article

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