Teaching approaches in geography and students' environmental attitudes

Environmentalist

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-117

  Yeung, Stephen Pui Ming ^a  

^a SKH Kei Hau Secondary School

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 17644380684     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-004-4801-1     Document Type: Review

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