Australian secondary students' views about global warming: Beliefs about actions, and willingness to act

Research in Science Education

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 661-680

  Boyes, Edward ^b   Skamp, Keith ^a   Stanisstreet, Martin ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental education; Global warming; Secondary students' actions; Secondary students' beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350337896     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-008-9098-5     Document Type: Article

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