Practitioner inquiry in South African schools: What, how and why (not)

Educational Action Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-131

  Robinson, Maureen ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Action research; Policy reform; Practitioner inquiry; Teacher professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549119704     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790802667519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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