Wicked issues in situating theory in close-up research

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-284

  Trowler, Paul ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

data; research; theory; wickedity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861537980     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2011.631515     Document Type: Article

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