Stories of practitioner enquiry: Using narrative interviews to explore teachers' perspectives of learning to learn

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 397-411

  Thomas, Ulrike ^a   Tiplady, Lucy ^a   Wall, Kate ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

learning to learn; narrative interviews; practitioner enquiry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893707948     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2013.771224     Document Type: Article

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