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International Journal of Social Research Methodology Volume 18, 2015 - Issue 5: The Teaching and Learning of Social Research Methods
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Teaching social research methods after the critical turn: challenges and benefits of a constructivist pedagogy

Cosmo HowardSchool of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michelle BradySchool of Social Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Pages 511-525 | Received 04 Nov 2014, Accepted 16 Mar 2015, Published online: 14 Aug 2015

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