Learning from our differences: A dialogue across perspectives on quality in education research

Educational Researcher

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 501-517

  Moss, Pamela A ^a   Phillips, D C ^b   Erickson, Frederick D ^c   Floden, Robert E ^d   Lather, Patti A ^e   Schneider, Barbara L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Philosophy of social science; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952427788     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X09348351     Document Type: Article

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