Critical thinking and the disciplines reconsidered

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 529-544

  Davies, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

critical thinking; generalist; specifist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880006113     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2012.697878     Document Type: Article

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