The educational value of the history of geomorphology

Geomorphology

Volumn 47, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 313-323

  Sack, Dorothy ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Geomorphology curriculum; Historic geomorphic literature; Historical approach; History of geomorphology; Teaching geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;

EID: 0036379989     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00091-0     Document Type: Article

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