Mobilising research knowledge in education

London Review of Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Levin, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge mobilisation; Policy; Practice; Research utilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952525774     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460.2011.550431     Document Type: Review

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