A hermeneutical study of older Korean graduate student's experiences in American higher education: From confucianism to western educational values

Journal of Studies in International Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 164-187

  Seo, Seonjin ^a   Koro Ljungberg, Mirka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate student; Hermeneutics; Korean; U.S. higher education; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544470637     PISSN: 10283153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1028315305274695     Document Type: Article

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