A 'sense of failure'? Everydayness and research ethics

Children's Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-383

  Horton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Failure'; Children's geographies; Everydayness; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955460886     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280802338064     Document Type: Article

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