Assessing the Environmental Literacy Requirement at the University of Georgia

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 3-9

  Moody, Gwyneth ^a   Alkaff, Huda ^b   Garrison, Dawn ^c   Golley, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c West Park Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Environmental education; Environmental literacy; Human environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144539324     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.36.4.3-9     Document Type: Article

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