The theory of andragogy applied to police training

Policing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-42

  Birzer, Michael L ^a  

^a WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult education; Learning styles; Police; Training; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346902039     PISSN: 1363951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13639510310460288     Document Type: Article

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