How Do Students Value the Importance of Twenty-first Century Skills?

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 395-412

  Ahonen, Arto Kalevi ^a   Kinnunen, Päivi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

school; social skills; student; twenty first century skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933519935     PISSN: 00313831     EISSN: 14701170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2014.904423     Document Type: Article

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