Learning for the professions: Lessons from linking international research projects

Higher Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-148

  Abrandt Dahlgren, Madeleine ^a   Reid, Anna ^b   Dahlgren, Lars Owe ^a   Petocz, Peter ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Higher education; Journeymen; Meta analysis; Professional Entity; Qualitative analysis; Transition; Working life

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749123082     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-007-9094-0     Document Type: Article

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