Action research and the micropolitics in schools

Educational Action Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-308

  Eilertsen, Tor Vidar ^a   Gustafson, Niklas ^b   Salo, Petri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Action research; Micropolitics; School organisation; The role of the action researcher

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249088112     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790802260208     Document Type: Article

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