Mapping the cultural landscape in engineering education

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-22

  Godfrey, Elizabeth ^a   Parker, Lesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural dimensions; Culture; Engineering education

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL NORMS; CULTURE CHANGE; ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS; INTERPRETIVIST; OBSERVABLE BEHAVIOR;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 73849147632     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2010.tb01038.x     Document Type: Article

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