Viewpoint: Human rights in the engineering curriculum

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 618-626

  Hoole, S Ratnajeevan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036454410     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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