Changing models of research to inform educational policy

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-168

  Sylva, Kathy ^a   Taggart, Brenda ^b   Melhuish, Edward ^c   Sammons, Pam ^d   Siraj Blatchford, Iram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early years; Policy; Research partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450273854     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701296098     Document Type: Article

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