Threshold concepts in research education and evidence of threshold crossing

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-441

  Kiley, Margaret ^a,b   Wisker, Gina ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graduate; Postgraduate; Research; Research education; Threshold concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749125672     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360903067930     Document Type: Article

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