Factors influencing industrial design education and curriculum evaluation : educators', professionals' and employers' perceptions

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Industrial design, Curriculum evaluation
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/3632
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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C. E. Ünlü, “ Factors influencing industrial design education and curriculum evaluation : educators’, professionals’ and employers’ perceptions,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2000.
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