Environmental literacy in teacher training: Attitudes, knowledge, and environmental behavior off beginning students

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-59

  Pe'er, Sara ^a   Goldman, Daphne ^b   Yavetz, Bela ^c  

^a Oranim Academic College of Education   (Israel)

^b BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Environmental behavior; Environmental knowledge; Environmental literacy; Teacher training

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549116392     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.39.1.45-59     Document Type: Article

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