Helping students value cultural diversity through research-based teaching

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-226

  Deakins, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diversity (institutional); Diversity (student); Educational discrimination; Educational research; Equal education; Ethnic relations; Higher education; Minority groups; Racial integration; Research based teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149125344     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360902725074     Document Type: Article

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