Examining and Understanding Transformative Learning to Foster Technology Professional Development in Higher Education

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-49

  Schols, Maurice ^a  

^a FONTYS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emerging technologies; Higher education; Technology professional development; Transformative learning

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TEACHING;

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HIGHER EDUCATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LIFE LONG LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84864004908     PISSN: 18688799     EISSN: 18630383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3991/ijet.v7i1.1764     Document Type: Article

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