Innovation in vocational education - Ways of reaching the tip of the iceberg

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-341

  Likar, Borut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b NONE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Analysis; Benchmarking; Innovation; Model; School; Students; Supporting environment; Teacher; Training

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; EUROPEAN UNION; ICEBERG; INNOVATION; LEARNING; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250720532     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2007.012575     Document Type: Article

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