Critical capability pedagogies and university education

Educational Philosophy and Theory

Volumn 42, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 898-917

  Walker, Melanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Critical pedagogy; Process freedom; Social justice; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866778841     PISSN: 00131857     EISSN: 14695812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2007.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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