Turn-around pedagogies: Improving the education of at-risk students

Improving Schools

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-131

  Kamler, Barbara ^a   Comber, Barbara ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

at risk students; cross generational; curriculum pedagogic design; literacy; practitioner inquiry; teacher research; turn around pedagogies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993687329     PISSN: 13654802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1365480205057702     Document Type: Article

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