Classroom teachers as co-researchers: The affordances and challenges of collaboration

Australian Journal of Language and Literacy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-53

  O’Mara, Joanne ^a   Gutierrez, Amanda ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85048997166     PISSN: 10381562     EISSN: 18394728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03651820     Document Type: Article

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