Students’ perspectives of workplace learning and training in vocational education

Education + Training

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-92

  Velde, Christine ^a   Cooper, Tom ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Learning styles; Perceptions; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032069670     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910010331639     Document Type: Article

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