Field-Based Education: Some Theoretical Considerations

Higher Education Research & Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 63-77

  Lonergan, Noel ^a   Andresen, Lee W ^b  

^a NSW Department of Transport ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0002860222     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0729436880070106     Document Type: Article

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