Towards a pedagogy for clinical education: Beyond individual learning differences

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-387

  Kinchin, Ian M ^a   Baysan, Aylin ^b   Cabot, Lyndon Bruce ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concept mapping; Expertise; Learning styles; Pedagogy; Threshold concepts; University teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954179926     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770802395587     Document Type: Article

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