Challenges and opportunities in cross-cultural geographic inquiry

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-75

  Wesche, Sonia ^a   Huynh, Niem Tu ^b   Nelson, Erin ^c   Ramachandran, Leela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Federation of Canadian Municipalities   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Field research; Human geography; Qualitativemethods; Student experience

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 76649112084     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260902982518     Document Type: Article

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