Teaching generic skills: Eroding the higher purpose of universities, or an opportunity for renewal?

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-251

  Star, Cassandra ^a   Hammer, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 40749085681     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980701672232     Document Type: Article

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