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Webb's (1997) critique of phenomenography is challenged. The descriptionof phenomenography is unrecognisable and based on an inadequate review of theliterature, while the whole attempt to invalidate this approach to researchis seen as far from disinterested.
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Ekeblad, E. On the surface of phenomenography: A response to Graham Webb. Higher Education 33, 219–224 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002991417611
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