The End of the Learning Region as We Knew It; Towards Learning in Space

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1055-1066

  Hassink, Robert ^a   Klaerding, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Agiplan GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural perspective; Learning in space; Learning region; Relational perspective

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LEARNING;

EID: 84866037295     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.705823     Document Type: Article

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