A graduate education framework for tropical conservation and development

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-13

  Kainer, Karen A ^a   Schmink, Marianne ^a   Covert, Hannah ^a   Stepp, John Richard ^a,b   Bruna, Emilio M ^a   Dain, Jonathan L ^a   Espinosa, Santiago ^a   Humphries, Shoana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b 210 Newins Ziegler Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative learning spaces; Collaborative research; Host country partnerships; Interdisciplinary education; Learning platform; Problem oriented research

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MENTORS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 33645016678     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00356.x     Document Type: Review

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