Capacity building: A course on sustainable development to educate the educators

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-281

  Lozano García, Francisco J ^a   Gándara, Guillermo ^a   Perrni, Orietta ^a   Manzano, Mario ^a   Hernández, Dora Elia ^a   Huisingh, Donald ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Mexico; Sustainable development; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349085177     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370810885880     Document Type: Review

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