Education for sustainable development beyond attitude change

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-163

  Arbuthnott, Katherine D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior change; Education; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649093625     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370910945954     Document Type: Article

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