Is there a sustainability canon? An exploration and aggregation of expert opinions

Environmentalist

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-347

  Sherren, Kate ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Core curriculum; Disciplinary foundations; Environmental education; Higher education; Sustainable development; Undergraduate; Universities

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 34547129318     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9046-3     Document Type: Article

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