Design teams as learning systems for complex systems change: Evaluation data and implications for higher education

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 159-179

  Lawson, Hal A ^a   Anderson Butcher, Dawn ^b   Petersen, Nancy ^c   Barkdull, Carenlee ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Collaborative learning; Systems change

Indexed keywords

EID: 18644364594     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J137v07n01_11     Document Type: Article

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