Implementing a student-centered learning approach at vietnamese higher education institutions: Barriers under layers of Casual Layered Analysis (CLA)

Journal of Futures Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-38

  Thanh, Pham Thi Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Casual layered analysis; Litany; Myth; Social causes; Student centered; Teacher centered; Worldview

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049411364     PISSN: 10276084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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