The Ethics of Observing: Confronting the Harm of Experiential Learning

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-210

  Meisel, Joshua S ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49249127844     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: 1939862X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0092055X0803600301     Document Type: Review

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