Action research in Singapore education: Constraints and sustainability

Educational Action Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-523

  Salleh, Hairon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Action research; Learning Circles; Structural constraints; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549104975     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790600975684     Document Type: Article

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