Systemic praxis in the education of the agricultural systems practitioner

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 403-412

  Bawden, R J ^a   Packham, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture and rural development; Learning; Methodological pluralism; Praxis; Systems education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032164359     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1743(1998090)15:5<403::aid-sres267>3.3.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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