Nostalgia, transition and the school: An innovative approach of using photographic images as a visual method in educational research

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-292

  Shohel, M Mahruf C ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; formal secondary school; image; nonformal primary school; nostalgia; photo elicitation interview; school transition; visual method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867870942     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2012.713253     Document Type: Article

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