Work-integrated learning as a component of the capstone experience in undergraduate law

Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  McNamara, Judith ^a   Kift, Sally ^a   Butler, Des ^a   Field, Rachael ^a   Brown, Catherine ^a   Gamble, Natalie ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capstone; Closure; Final year experience; Transition; Work integrated learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873921372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11752882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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