Toward effective evaluation of environmental education: Validity of the children's environmental attitudes and knowledge scale using data from a sample of Irish adolescents

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 13-23

  Walsh Daneshmandi, Anne ^a   MacLachlan, Malcolm ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children's Environmental Attitudes and Knowledge Scale (CHEAKS); Cultural comparison; Ecological views; Environmental education (EE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646407328     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.37.2.13-23     Document Type: Article

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