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Sheila Trahar Editor & Author

Sheila Trahar is Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol, UK.

Rural Transitions to Higher Education in South Africa cover

Rural Transitions to Higher Education in South Africa

8 authors - Hardback

£145.00

Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa cover

Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa

3 contributors - Hardback

£145.00

Contextualising Narrative Inquiry cover

Contextualising Narrative Inquiry

Sheila Trahar - Paperback

£37.99

Rural Transitions to Higher Education in South Africa cover

Rural Transitions to Higher Education in South Africa

8 authors - Paperback

£36.99

Using Narrative Inquiry for Educational Research in the Asia Pacific cover

Using Narrative Inquiry for Educational Research in the Asia Pacific

2 contributors - Paperback

£48.99

Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa cover

Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern Africa

3 contributors - Paperback

£43.99

Developing Cultural Capability in International Higher Education cover

Developing Cultural Capability in International Higher Education

Sheila Trahar - Paperback

£44.99

Using Narrative Inquiry for Educational Research in the Asia Pacific cover

Using Narrative Inquiry for Educational Research in the Asia Pacific

2 contributors - Hardback

£150.00

Developing Cultural Capability in International Higher Education cover

Developing Cultural Capability in International Higher Education

Sheila Trahar - Hardback

£145.00

Contextualising Narrative Inquiry cover

Contextualising Narrative Inquiry

Sheila Trahar - Hardback

£145.00