Teamwork: Effectively teaching an employability skill

Education and Training

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 528-539

  Riebe, Linda ^a   Roepen, Dean ^a   Santarelli, Bruno ^a   Marchioro, Gary ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Higher education; Skills; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956809795     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911011068478     Document Type: Article

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