Lifelong learning: Teaching assistants' experiences of economic, social and cultural change following completion of a foundation degree

International Journal of Lifelong Education

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 763-776

  Woolhouse, Clare ^a   Dunne, Linda ^a   Goddard, Gill ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70449372971     PISSN: 02601370     EISSN: 1464519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02601370903293237     Document Type: Article

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