'Making a world that is worth living in': Humanities teaching and the formation of practical reasoning

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-246

  Walker, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Democratic life; History education; Practical reasoning; Teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349558081     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474022209339960     Document Type: Review

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