Flexible programmes in higher professional education: Expert validation of a flexible educational model

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-294

  Schellekens, Ad ^a   Paas, Fred ^b   Verbraeck, Alexander ^c   van Merriënboer, Jeroen J G ^a,d  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Educational model; Expert validation; Higher education; Operational flexibility; Organisation of education; Professional education; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955798433     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2010.498179     Document Type: Article

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