Mentoring partnerships in a community technology centre: A constructionist approach for fostering equitable service learning

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-205

  Kafai, Yasmin B ^a   Desai, Shiv ^a   Peppler, Kylie A ^a   Chiu, Grace M ^a   Moya, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community technology centres; Constructionism; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954133120     PISSN: 13611267     EISSN: 14699745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13611260801916614     Document Type: Article

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