Transformative learning and identity formation on the 'smiling coast' of West Africa

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 552-559

  Hutchison, Alan ^a   Rea, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gambia; Identity; Positioning; Transformative; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451469348     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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