Understanding change in higher education as bricolage: How academics engage in curriculum change

Higher Education

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 669-691

  Louvel, Séverine ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Academics; Bricolage; Nanotechnology; Organizational change; Strategies in higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886583133     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-013-9628-6     Document Type: Article

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