Action research in schools - An important factor in teachers' professional development

Educational Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-63

  Vogrinc, Janez ^a   Zuljan, Milena Valenčic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Action research; Stages of research process; Teacher researcher; Teachers' professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449223117     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690802470399     Document Type: Article

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