Teachers and teacher trainees as classroom researchers: Beyond Utopia?

Educational Action Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-126

  Van Looy, Linda ^a,b   Goegebeur, Werner ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Educational reform; Experiential learning; Initial teacher training; Lifelong learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248672533     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790601151384     Document Type: Article

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