What Is and What Can Be: How a Liminal Position Can Change Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-53

  Cook Sather, Alison ^a   Alter, Zanny ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Learning; Liminality; Position; Student consultant

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951613714     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2010.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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