Student perspectives on the dissertation process in a masters degree concerned with professional practice

Studies in Continuing Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-49

  Anderson, Charles ^a   Day, Kate ^a   McLaughlin, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Masters dissertations; Professional degrees; Student perspectives

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849202352     PISSN: 0158037X     EISSN: 1470126X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01580370701841531     Document Type: Article

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