Pedagogical perspectives on the relationships between higher education and working life

Higher Education

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-166

  Tynjälä, Päivi ^a   Välimaa, Jussi ^a   Sarja, Anneli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acquisition of expertise; Higher education; Professional expertise; Student learning; Work based learning; Working life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347126694     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024761820500     Document Type: Article

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