Sustainable graduates: linking formal, informal and campus curricula to embed education for sustainable development in the student learning experience

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-454

  Hopkinson, Peter ^a   Hughes, Peter ^a   Layer, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

curriculum; education for sustainable development; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350416923     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802283100     Document Type: Article

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