Reassessing the value of university lectures

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 639-654

  French, Sarah ^a   Kennedy, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

higher education; Lectures; pedagogy; teaching and learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007278071     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2016.1273213     Document Type: Article

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