The politics of science: Battles for scientific authority in the field of education research

Education Research On Trial: Policy Reform and the Call for Scientific Rigor

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-50

  Walters, Pamela Barnhouse ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203928684     Document Type: Chapter

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