Working in the action/research nexus for education for sustainable development: Two case studies from Ireland

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-440

  Tormey, Roland ^a   Liddy, Mags ^a   Maguire, Helen ^b   McCloat, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b St Angela's College   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Action research; Higher education; Ireland; Sustainable development; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349095998     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370810905535     Document Type: Article

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