Storytelling as a democratic approach to data collection: Interviewing children about reading

Educational Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-184

  Davis, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data collection; Reading; Research methodology; Sociocultural; Stories

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249113156     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131880701369693     Document Type: Article

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