Collaborative teaching in a linguistically and culturally diverse higher education setting: A case study of a postgraduate accounting program

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 597-613

  Evans, Elaine ^a   Tindale, Jen ^a   Cable, Dawn ^a   Mead, Suzanne Hamil ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting education; Collaborative teaching; Graduate attributes; Professional communication skills; Student diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249083186     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360903226403     Document Type: Article

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