Researching Schools: Stories from a Schools-University Partnership for Educational Research

Researching Schools: Stories from a Schools-University Partnership for Educational Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-212

  McLaughli, Colleen ^a   Black Hawkins, Kristine ^a   Brindley, Sue ^a   McIntyre, Donald ^a   Taber, Keith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203086100     Document Type: Book

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