Identifying didactic knowledge: An empirical study of the educationally critical aspects of learning about information systems

Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-372

  Cope, Chris ^a   Prosser, Mike ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Didactic knowledge; Educationally critical aspects; Information systems; Phenomenographic research; Student learning research

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444392449     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6677-x     Document Type: Article

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