Committed to learn: student engagement and care in higher education

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1326-1338

  Barnacle, Robyn ^a   Dall’Alba, Gloria ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care; commitment; higher education; ontology; performativity; student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019213989     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2017.1326879     Document Type: Article

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