Education and resilience: Social and situated learning among university and secondary students

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Krasny, Marianne E ^a   Tidball, Keith G ^a,b   Sriskandarajah, Nadarajah ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Department of Natural Resources ^*  (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Learning; Natural resources management; Resilience; Situated learning; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING; RESILIENCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73849132546     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03032-140238     Document Type: Article

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