Internationalisation of higher education curriculum: The contribution of international students

Globalisation, Societies and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-378

  Sawir, Erlenawati ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cultural diversity; domestic students; international students; internationalisation; internationalisation of the curriculum; teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883561359     PISSN: 14767724     EISSN: 14767732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767724.2012.750477     Document Type: Article

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