OBE, RPL and adult education: Good bedfellows in higher education in South Africa?

International Journal of Lifelong Education

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 487-501

  Cretchley, Gail ^a   Castle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0008810279     PISSN: 02601370     EISSN: 1464519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02601370110088463     Document Type: Article

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