Making the most of teaching at the chairside

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-68

  McMillan, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Active learning; Chairside teaching; Constructivism; Learning theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; TEACHER; TEACHING;

EDUCATION, DENTAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MENTORS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING;

EID: 78651444508     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2010.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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