Inside, outside, upside down: The fluidity of academic researcher 'identity' in working with/in school

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-30

  Thomson, Pat ^a   Gunterb, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistemology; General methodology; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956357348     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2011.552309     Document Type: Article

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