Troubling criteria: A critical commentary on Furlong and Oancea's framework for assessing educational research

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 747-762

  Hammersley, Martyn ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56249122972     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920802031468     Document Type: Article

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