Dealing with messiness and uncertainty in practitioner research: The nature of participatory action research

Canadian Journal of Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 431-458

  Goodnough, Karen ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Science education; Teacher development; Teacher inquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049083073     PISSN: 03802361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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