Identifying some constraints in first year economics teaching and learning at a typical South African University of Technology

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-159

  van der Merwe, Alex ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Economics teaching; Learning constraints

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; LEARNING; TEACHING;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33646229098     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2006.00055.x     Document Type: Article

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