Ethnographic narratives challenging problem saturated stories of teacher inefficiency

Education as Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-169

  Fritz, Elzette ^a   Smit, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Autotelic activities; Critical community psychology; Education; Ethnographic narratives; Flow; Positive psychology; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960751505     PISSN: 16823206     EISSN: 19479417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16823200809487213     Document Type: Article

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