The challenges of insider research in educational institutions: wielding a double‐edged sword and resolving delicate dilemmas
Oxford Review of EducationPublished 15 December 2006
Justine Mercer
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This is the author's final draft of the paper published as Oxford Review of Education, 2007, 33 (1), pp. 1-17. The final version is available online at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all?content=10.1080/03054980601094651 Doi: 10.1080/03054980601094651
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