The role of informal conversations in developing university teaching?

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1536-1547

  Thomson, Kate Eileen ^a   Trigwell, Keith Randal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuing professional development; conversations; grounded theory; informal learning; mid career academics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006857108     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2016.1265498     Document Type: Article

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