Balancing rigour and responsiveness in a shifting context: Meeting the challenges of educational research

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-380

  Jamesm, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Project management; Research capacity building; Research design; TLRP accountability; User engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981707063     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520600942354     Document Type: Article

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