Collaborative development of textile and apparel curriculum designed to foster students' global competence

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 325-338

  Hodges, Nancy ^a   Watchravesringkan, Kittichai ^a   Karpova, Elena ^b   Hegland, Jane ^c   O'Neal, Gwendolyn ^a   Kadolph, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural intelligence; Global competence; Learning modules; Textiles and apparel

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955720989     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-3934.2011.02073.x     Document Type: Article

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