Helping teachers to use urban natural areas for science teaching and environmental education

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1467-1473

  Pereira, Ruth ^a,b   Pinho, Rosa ^a   Lopes, Lísia ^a   Antunes, Sara C ^a   Abrantes, Nelson ^a   Gonçalves, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Basic school students; Field activities; Plants; Taxonomy; Urban natural areas

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; TEACHER TRAINING; TEACHING; URBAN REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VISEU [PORTUGAL]; VISEU [VISEU (DST)];

EID: 33845437179     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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