Organizing project-based learning in work contexts: A cross-cultural cross analysis of data from two projects

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-93

  Poell, Rob F ^a   Yorks, Lyle ^b   Marsick, Victoria J ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Action reflection learning; Critical pragmatism; Cross cultural comparison; Learning networks; Organizational learning; Project based learning; Theory triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749118785     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713609334138     Document Type: Article

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