'Listen to me when I have something to say': Students' participation in research for sustainable school improvement

Improving Schools

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-260

  Bergmark, Ulrika ^a   Kostenius, Catrine ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action research; Appreciation; Data analysis; Data creation; Empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449589818     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: 14757583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480209342665     Document Type: Article

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