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The reflection game: enacting the penitent self

Bruce Macfarlane Department for Curriculum and Quality Enhancement, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lesley Gourlay Learning Innovation Research Group, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Pages 455-459 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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