Key educational experiences and self-discovery in higher education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-103

  Yair, Gad ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Challenge; Key experiences; Second chance framework; Self discovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549018034     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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