'The Chinese approach to learning': Cultural trait or situated response? The case of a self-directed learning programme

System

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-276

  Gieve, Simon ^a   Clark, Rose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Chinese learners; Cultures of learning; Independent learning; Learning strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344404947     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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