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Collaborative action research: Making it happen Collaborative action research: Making it happen
Victoria Traynor University of Wollongong, [email protected]
Phillipa Baker
Joanna Defriez
Wilna Dirkse Van Schalykwyk
Julie McGarry
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Recommended Citation Recommended Citation Traynor, Victoria; Baker, Phillipa; Defriez, Joanna; Dirkse Van Schalykwyk, Wilna; McGarry, Julie; Thompson, Deborah; and Bartlett, Ruth: Collaborative action research: Making it happen 2006, 8. https://ro.uow.edu.au/hbspapers/2979
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Collaborative action research: Making it happen Collaborative action research: Making it happen
Keywords Keywords making, action, research, happen, collaborative
Disciplines Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Publication Details Publication Details Traynor, V., Baker, P., Defriez, J., Dirkse Van Schalykwyk, W., McGarry, J., Thompson, D. & Bartlett, R. (2006). Collaborative action research: Making it happen. In Collaborative Action Research: Making it Happen, Brisbane. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 5 (3), 8.
Authors Authors Victoria Traynor, Phillipa Baker, Joanna Defriez, Wilna Dirkse Van Schalykwyk, Julie McGarry, Deborah Thompson, and Ruth Bartlett
This conference paper is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow.edu.au/hbspapers/2979
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