'An unbelievable academic and personal experience': Issues around teaching undergraduate field courses in Africa

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 327-344

  Robson, Elsbeth ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Development geography; Overseas field courses; Undergraduate teaching

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; TEACHING;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036843438     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309826022000019909     Document Type: Article

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17. Afterword
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