Linking academic forestry education with employer's demands: A case study from Malaysia

International Forestry Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 661-669

  Kammesheidt, L ^a   Idrus, R M ^a   Trockenbrodt, M ^a   Hahn Schilling, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

BSc programme; Curriculum development; Forest management; Practical training; Soft skills

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; TRAINING;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67649220202     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.9.2.661     Document Type: Article

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