Utilitarian approaches to fieldwork: A critique

Geography

Volumn 83, Issue 360, 1998, Pages 205-213

  Rynne, Elizabeth ^a  

^a St Helen's School   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHY TEACHING; TEACHING APPROACH;

EID: 0031684955     PISSN: 00167487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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