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A Stove, a Flask, and a Photograph

Learning Together through Object Inquiry in Self-Study Research

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Self-study methodology originated in the field of teacher education in the early 1990s and there is now a substantive body of published self-study research by teacher educators and teachers and, increasingly, by professionals in other fields.

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Dhlula-Moruri, M.N., Kortjass, M., Ndaleni, T., Pithouse-Morgan, K. (2017). A Stove, a Flask, and a Photograph. In: Pillay, D., Pithouse-Morgan, K., Naicker, I. (eds) Object Medleys. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-194-0_6

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