Using group learning to promote integration and cooperative learning between Asian and Australian second-year veterinary science students

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 350-355

  Mills, Paul C ^a   Woodall, Peter F ^a   Bellingham, Mark ^a   Noad, Michael ^a   Lloyd, Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEARNING; MALE; STUDENTS;

EID: 34548844234     PISSN: 0748321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jvme.34.3.350     Document Type: Article

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