The collaborative action research network: 30 years of agency in developing educational action research

Educational Action Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-121

  Somekh, Bridget ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency; Collaboration; Collaborative Action Research Network; Community; Cultural historical activity theory; Practitioner knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951061141     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650790903484566     Document Type: Article

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