Why shouldn't teachers and teacher educators conduct research on thier own practices? An epistemological exploration

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-24

  Lunenberg, Mieke ^a   Ponte, Petra ^b   van de Ven, Piet Hein ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34247876211     PISSN: 14749041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2007.6.1.13     Document Type: Article

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