Engaging students in a community of learning: Renegotiating the learning environment

Nurse Education in Practice

Volumn 29, Issue , 2018, Pages 137-142

  Theobald, Karen A ^a   Windsor, Carol A ^a   Forster, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Giffith University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community of learning; Student engagement; Student led; Tutorial learning

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENT; TEACHING; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; GROUP PROCESS; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY;

AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85040226752     PISSN: 14715953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2017.12.008     Document Type: Article

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