The use of photographs to portray urban ecosystems in six introductory environmental science textbooks

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1003-1020

  Sullivan, John P ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

College university; Environmental science; Secondary; Textbooks; Urban education

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; SECONDARY; SENSE OF PLACES; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ECOSYSTEMS; URBAN EDUCATION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; TEXTBOOKS;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 55349103030     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20253     Document Type: Article

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