The role of the learning community in the development of discipline knowledge and generic graduate outcomes

Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-286

  Smith, Calvin ^a   Bath, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generic skills; Higher education; Learning community; Quality; Student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744446300     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6389-2     Document Type: Article

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