What makes lectures 'unmissable'? Insights into teaching excellence and active learning

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-223

  Revell, Andrea ^a   Wainwright, Emma ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active learning; Geography; Teaching excellence

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL COGNITION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449368437     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260802276771     Document Type: Article

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