Critical reflection as a rationalistic ideal

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-356

  van Woerkom, Marianne ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Critical reflection; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955332138     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713609358446     Document Type: Article

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