Research quality in physical education and sport pedagogy

Sport, Education and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-260

  O'Sullivan, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Physical education research; Research methods; Research quality; Sport pedagogy research

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547537603     PISSN: 13573322     EISSN: 14701243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13573320701463962     Document Type: Article

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