Professional practice projects: APEL or development?

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 188-202

  Lester, Stan Lester ^a  

^a Stan Lester Developments   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation of prior learning; Professional education; Project management; United Kingdom; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247146017     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620710735657     Document Type: Article

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