Learning in non-formal settings and the development of 'really useful' knowledge

Learning Outside the Academy: International Research Perspectives on Lifelong Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 120-132

  Tett, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54949152970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203018385     Document Type: Chapter

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