Group supervision in graduate education: a process of supervision skill development and text improvement

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-129

  Samara, Akylina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 33747480536     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360600610362     Document Type: Article

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