The Development of Teachers' Intercultural Competence Using a Change Laboratory Method

Vocations and Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-134

  Teräs, Marianne ^a   Lasonen, Johanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Change laboratory; Diversity; Intercultural competence; Vocational education and training; Vocational teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874738598     PISSN: 1874785X     EISSN: 18747868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12186-012-9087-8     Document Type: Article

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