The role of spirituality in the anti-oppressive higher-education classroom

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-131

  Shahjahan, Riyad Ahmed ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti colonial thought; Social justice; Sprituality; Teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650912321     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510902757138     Document Type: Article

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