Challenges of applying a student-centered approach to learning in the context of education in Kyrgyzstan

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 628-634

  de la Sablonnière, Roxane ^a   Taylor, Donald M ^b   Sadykova, Nazgul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ASIA   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

International education; Kyrgyzstan; Learning; Norms; Teaching

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; POLITICAL CHANGE; POST-COMMUNISM; SOCIAL CHANGE; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 68849124697     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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