The gap between educational research and practice: Views of teachers, school leaders, intermediaries and researchers

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-316

  Vanderlinde, Ruben ^a   van Braak, Johan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 77949563210     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920902919257     Document Type: Article

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