The development of children’s understanding of distant places and environmental issues: Report of a UK longitudinal study of the development of ideas between the ages of 4 and 10 years

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-237

  Palmer, Joy A ^a   Suggate, Jennifer ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distant places; Environmental awareness; Environmental change; Environmental knowledge; Environmental understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149111662     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520410001695434     Document Type: Article

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