Improving science education for sustainable development

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2763-2769

  Van Eijck, Michiel ^a   Roth, Wolff Michael ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; STUDENT;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; SCIENCE; STUDENTS;

EID: 38549089569     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050306     Document Type: Review

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