Expansive learning through high school apprenticeship: Opportunities and limits

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-44

  Taylor, Alison ^a   Watt Malcolm, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 33847234324     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080601137734     Document Type: Review

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