A review of research on the effectiveness of environmental education in promoting Lntergenerational learning

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 14-24

  Duvall, Jason ^a   Zint, Michaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and adult learning; Intergenerational knowledge transfer; Intergenerational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749079764     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.38.4.14-24     Document Type: Article

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