Community-based environmental education—a case study of teacher–parent collaboration

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 523-543

  Tali Tal, Revital ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 33846874046     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350462042000291047     Document Type: Article

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