Internationalising the content of higher education: The need for a curriculum perspective

Higher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 595-613

  Svensson, Lennart ^a   Wihlborg, Monne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Globalisation; Higher education; Intercultural understanding; Internationalisation; Learning; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958058647     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-010-9318-6     Document Type: Article

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