Accounting for Tibetan university students' and teachers' intellectual styles

Educational Review

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-37

  Zhang, Li Fang ^a   Fu, Hong ^b   Jiao, Ben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Tibet Academy of Social Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Culture; Economy; Education system; Intellectual styles; Tibetan university teachers and students

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449102383     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131910701794507     Document Type: Article

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