Advancing perspectives of sustainability and large-scale implementation of design teams in Ghana's polytechnics: Issues and opportunities

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 787-796

  Bakah, Marie Afua Baah ^a   Voogt, Joke M ^b   Pieters, Jules M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Design team; Large scale implementation; Leadership; Polytechnic; Sustainability; Teacher

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEADERSHIP; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEACHER TRAINING;

GHANA;

EID: 84862207033     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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