Kindling fires: Examining the potential for cumulative learning in a Journalism curriculum

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-52

  Kilpert, Leigh ^a   Shay, Suellen ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

assessment; context independent knowledge; cumulative and segmented learning; curriculum development; semantic gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873640996     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2012.678326     Document Type: Article

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