Educating students to cross boundaries between disciplines and cultures and between theory and practice

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-35

  Fortuin, Ir Karen P J ^a   Bush, Simon R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Curricula; Education; Skills; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249114053     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371011010020     Document Type: Article

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