Valuing students' voices: Experiences of first year students at a new campus

International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-50

  Ballantyne, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

First year experience; Higher education; Mature aged students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873254257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18334105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ijpl.2012.7.1.41     Document Type: Article

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