Getting the picture and changing the picture: Visual methodologies and educational research in South Africa

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-383

  Mitchell, Claudia ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Educational research; Social change; Visual methodologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049129806     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v28n3a180     Document Type: Article

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