Research policy and education research: Accountability phobia, or a clash of interpretations?

This piece reflects on the shifts in public understandings of researcher accountability over the past few decades. In particular, it looks at what has been described as a decline of professional, ethical and communicative accountability in favour of more technical, managerial and bureaucratic modes....

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Autor Principal: Oancea, A
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: British Educational research Association 2007
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