Toward a grounded theory for residential environmental education: A case study of the New Jersey School of Conservation

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-42

  Smith Sebasto, N J ^a   Walker, Lisa M ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pocono Environ Education Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Children; Evaluation; Grounded theory; Qualitative; Residential environmental education (EE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144455162     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.37.1.27-42     Document Type: Article

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