Enquiry-based learning: Perspectives on practice

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-28

  Deignan, Tim ^a  

^a Freelance Education Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Communities of practice; Problem based learning; Q methodology; Subjectivity; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449119463     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510802602467     Document Type: Article

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