Academics leave your ivory tower: Form communities of practice

Educational Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 493-503

  Buckley, Sheryl ^a   Du Toit, Adeline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Higher education; Knowledge sharing; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956980127     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055690903425532     Document Type: Article

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