Including students as co-enquirers: Matters of identity, agency, language and labelling in an International participatory research study

International Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 81, Issue , 2017, Pages 108-118

  Gibson, Suanne ^a   Baskerville, Delia ^b   Berry, Ann ^c   Black, Alison ^d   Norris, Kathleen ^c   Symeonidou, Simoni ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Co researchers; Diversity; Identity; Inclusive education; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009074634     PISSN: 08830355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2016.11.008     Document Type: Article

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