Undisciplining knowledge production: Development driven higher education in South Africa

Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-172

  Winberg, Christine ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Development; Experiential learning; Globalisation; Knowledge production; Mode 1 Mode 2 knowledge production; Relevance; Sustainability; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 31744447622     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-6378-5     Document Type: Article

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