Improvement through research: Policy science or policy scholarship

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-114

  Avis, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85008783336     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740500508001     Document Type: Article

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