Motivation of foreign students seeking a multi-institutional forestry master's degree in Europe

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 69-73

  Arevalo, Javier ^a   Tahvanainen, Liisa ^a   Pitkänen, Sari ^a   Enkenberg, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forestry education; International students; Interview study; Motivation

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EXPECTANCY-VALUE THEORY; FOREIGN COUNTRIES; FOREIGN STUDENTS; FORESTRY EDUCATION; FORESTRY PROGRAMS; GRADUATE DEGREES; GRADUATE PROGRAM; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM; INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS; INTERVIEW STUDY; MASTER'S DEGREE; POTENTIAL VALUES; QUALITATIVE APPROACH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CURRICULA; FORESTRY; MOTIVATION; TEACHING; TIMBER;

STUDENTS;

CURRICULUM; FORESTRY; GLOBALIZATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EDUCATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

EUROPE;

EID: 79953236967     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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