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Claiming power by producing knowledge: the empowering potential of PAR in the classroom

Meagan Call-CummingsGraduate School of Education, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 385-402 | Received 12 Oct 2016, Accepted 27 Jun 2017, Published online: 31 Jul 2017

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