Action learning and action reflection learning: Are they different?

Industrial and Commercial Training

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 246-256

  Rimanoczy, Isabel ^a  

^a LIM LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Action learning; Adult education; Learning methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547181957     PISSN: 00197858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00197850710761936     Document Type: Article

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