Preparing students for conservation careers through project-based learning

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1579-1583

  Martinich, Jeremy A ^a,d   Solarz, Susan L ^b   Lyons, James R ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Wilderness Society   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FIELDWORK; LEARNING; STUDENT; TEACHING;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STUDENT; TEACHER; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENTORS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845494715     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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