Tensions and dilemmas as drivers for change in an analysis of joint working between teachers and educational psychologists

School Psychology International

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-417

  Davies, Susan M B ^a   Howes, Andrew J ^b   Farrell, Peter ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Activity theory; Educational psychology; Inclusion; School development; School psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 51649089374     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034308096439     Document Type: Article

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