Communities of practice and participatory action research: The formation of a synergy for the development of museum programmes for early childhood

Educational Action Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-27

  Ampartzaki, Maria ^a   Kypriotaki, Maria ^a   Voreadou, Catherine ^a   Dardioti, Antonia ^a   Stathi, Iasmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

communities of practice; constructionism; early childhood; museum education; participatory action research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874634816     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650792.2013.761920     Document Type: Article

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