A history of the future of higher education for sustainable development

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-256

  Sherren, Kate ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

citizenship; civics; cosmopolitanism; interdisciplinarity; liberal education; university

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449108706     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802148873     Document Type: Article

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