Addressing the time lag dilemma in curriculum renewal towards engineering education for sustainable development

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-199

  Desha, Cheryl J ^a,b   Hargroves, Karlson Charlie ^a,b   Smith, Michael H ^a,b,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Education; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649085558     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370910949356     Document Type: Article

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