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Participatory Research in the Field of Social Pedagogy in Croatia

Current State and Challenges

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Having in mind the great and complex area of participatory approach, its possibilities, dilemmas and challenges, this paper addresses only a small part of this “universe”- it is focused on the field of social pedagogy in Croatia. Our premise is that one can write from and about one’s reality in order to participate in greater understanding.

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Borić, I.J., Mirosavljević, A. (2014). Participatory Research in the Field of Social Pedagogy in Croatia. In: Rauch, F., Schuster, A., Stern, T., Pribila, M., Townsend, A. (eds) Promoting Change through Action Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-803-9_15

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