Methodologies for undergraduates doing practitioner investigations at work

Journal of Workplace Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 131-145

  Costley, Carol ^a   Armsby, Pauline ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Research methods; Undergraduates; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247165186     PISSN: 13665626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13665620710735611     Document Type: Article

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