Teaching Sustainable Development in Primary Schools: An empirical study of issues for teachers

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-346

  Summers, Mike ^a   Corney, Graham ^a   Childs, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042566541     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620303458     Document Type: Article

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