Meaning, internalization, and externalization: Toward a fuller understanding of the process of reflection and its role in the construction of the self

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-297

  Le Cornu, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Externalization; Internalization; Meaning; Reflection; Self

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749108206     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713609331478     Document Type: Article

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