Exploring the relevance of qualitative research synthesis to higher education research and practice

London Review of Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-140

  Major, Claire ^a   Savin Baden, Maggi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Qualitative research synthesis; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954196805     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460.2010.487331     Document Type: Article

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