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‘I Only Look Forward to Mondays’. Facilitating Creative Writing Groups: Ageism, Action and Empowerment

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What is an appropriate structure for reporting a study of how residents in aged care facilities benefit from creative writing experiences, following the critical paradigm, and adopting action research?

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  1. University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

    Joan Webb

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  1. University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

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  2. School of Education, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Michael Corbett

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Webb, J. (2018). ‘I Only Look Forward to Mondays’. Facilitating Creative Writing Groups: Ageism, Action and Empowerment. In: Kember, D., Corbett, M. (eds) Structuring the Thesis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0511-5_15

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