Is (self-directed) learning the key skill for tomorrow's engineers?

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-81

  Bary, Raphaël ^a   Rees, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Competencies; Educational sciences; Engineering education; Foreign language learning; Self directed learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 44249102470     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043790500429021     Document Type: Article

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