Perceived barriers to teaching for critical thinking

Nursing and Health Care Perspectives

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 286-291

  Shell, Renee ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate nursing education; Barriers to critical thinking; Faculty development; Student attitudes expectations; Teaching practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041591606     PISSN: 10942831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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