Let's not get too personal: Critical reflection, reflexivity and the confessional turn

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 385-399

  Swan, Elaine ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Critical thinking; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349106103     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590810877102     Document Type: Article

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