Reflections on an action research project in teacher education: The Emancipatory Project under scrutiny

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 17-27

  Christiansen, Iben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Distortion; Ideological discourse; Mathematics education; Reflection; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649104546     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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