Contextualizing critical action research: Lessons from urban educators

Educational Action Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-237

  Esposito, Jennifer ^a   Evans Winters, Venus ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Critical theory; Teacher education; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249291245     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790701314775     Document Type: Article

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