Layered learning: Student consultants deepening classroom and life lessons

Educational Action Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-57

  Cook Sather, Alison ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Learning; Perspective; Responsibility; Student consultant

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951777832     PISSN: 09650792     EISSN: 17475074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09650792.2011.547680     Document Type: Article

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