Enhancing teacher education students' generic skills through problem-based learning

Teaching Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-273

  Murray Harvey, Rosalind ^a,b   Curtis, David D ^a   Cattley, Georgina ^a   Slee, Phillip T ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b School of Education   (Australia)

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EID: 27944436202     PISSN: 10476210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10476210500205025     Document Type: Review

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