Assessing pre-service teachers' environmental literacy in Turkey as a mean to develop teacher education programs

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-436

  Tuncer, Gaye ^a   Tekkaya, Ceren ^a   Sungur, Semra ^a   Cakiroglu, Jale ^a   Ertepinar, Hamide ^a   Kaplowitz, Michael ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Development; Environmental education; Literacy; Pre service teachers

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; LITERACY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 67349132838     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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