What might Confucius have to say about action research?

Educational Action Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-578

  Elliott, John ^a   Tsai, Ching Tien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confucian thought and action research; Curriculum development and the teacher; Lesson and Learning Study; Teacher as researcher

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449091402     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790802445759     Document Type: Article

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