Exploring flying faculty teaching experiences: Motivations, challenges and opportunities

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-134

  Smith, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biographical, Narrative, Interpretive Method; internationalisation; short term sojourner; transformational learning; transnational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893438721     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2011.646259     Document Type: Article

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