The educational value of the rural trail: A short walk in the Lancashire countryside

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-362

  Clark, Gordon ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Rural geography; Trail

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHY TEACHING; TEACHING APPROACH;

UK, ENGLAND, LANCASHIRE, LANCASTER;

EID: 0031404348     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098269708725441     Document Type: Article

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