Participation, roles and processes in a collaborative action research project: A reflexive account of the facilitator

Educational Action Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-600

  Avgitidou, Sofia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collaborative action research; Facilitator; Inclusive education; Teacher as researcher

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449372252     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790903309441     Document Type: Article

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