The experience of interacting with technological artefacts

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Collier Reed, Brandon I ^a   Case, Jennifer M ^a   Linder, Cedric ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Introduction to engineering; Phenomenography; Technological literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249083187     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043790902987352     Document Type: Article

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