Learning for work: Contested terrain?

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-211

  Jackson, Nancy ^a   Jordan, Steve ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0347131961     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2000.11661430     Document Type: Article

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