Teaching an interdisciplinary distance education gerontology course: Benefits of diversity

Educational Gerontology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-235

  Shenk, Dena ^a   Moore, Linda ^a   Davis, Boyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 1842591172     PISSN: 03601277     EISSN: 15210472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601270490273141     Document Type: Article

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