Expressions of excellence and the assessment of applied and practice-based research

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-137

  Oancea, Alis ^a   Furlong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied and practice based research; Philosophy of research; Quality; Research assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992977040     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520701296056     Document Type: Article

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