Becoming connected, being caring

Educational Action Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-496

  Meyer, Julienne ^a   Ashburner, Charlotte ^a   Holman, Cheryl ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Being caring; Emancipatory research; Emotional contexts; Participatory research; Practitioner research

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249096522     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790600975601     Document Type: Article

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