'I know it's not proper research, but...': How professionals' understandings of research can frustrate its potential for CPD

Educational Action Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-84

  Clayton, Stephen ^a   O'Brien, Mark T ^a   Burton, Diana ^b   Campbell, Anne ^c   Qualter, Anne ^a   Varga Atkins, Tünde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; CPD; Positivism; Practitioner research; Researcher reflection

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549088691     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790701833121     Document Type: Article

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