Difficulties teachers report about students' reflection: Lessons learned from dance education

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-326

  Leijen, Äli ^a   Lam, Ineke ^b   Wildschut, Liesbeth ^b   Simons, P Robert Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dance education; Facilitation; Higher education; Reflection; Reflection difficulties

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249141393     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510902898882     Document Type: Article

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