Consistency and change in participatory action research: Reflections on a focus group study about how farmers learn

Qualitative Report

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 820-829

  Piercy, Fred P ^a   Franz, Nancy ^b   Donaldson, Joseph L ^c   Richard, Robert F ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural Education; Extension Education; Focus Groups; Participatory Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955752333     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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