Nurturing research relationships: Showing care and catalysing action in a South African school research-and-intervention project

South African Review of Sociology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 18-36

  Romm, Norma R A ^a   Tlale, Lloyd D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

catalytic validity; engaged research; intervention; participant feedback; transformative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961990995     PISSN: 21528586     EISSN: 20721978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2015.1131189     Document Type: Article

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