Trends in higher education in Canada and implications for social work education

Social Work Education

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 700-714

  Regehr, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accountability; Experiential Learning; Learning Outcomes; Online Education; Post Secondary Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881656353     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615479.2013.785798     Document Type: Article

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