A smooth transition?: Education and social expectations of direct entry students

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-25

  Barron, Paul ^a   D'Annunzio Green, Norma ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct entry students; Education; Expectations; Teaching and learning; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 61749084815     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: 17412625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787408100190     Document Type: Article

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