Building environmental educators' evaluation capacity through distance education

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-177

  Fleming, M Lynette ^a   Easton, Janice ^b  

^a Department of Educational Leadership Research and Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Environmental education; Evaluation capacity building; Teaching evaluation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; LEARNING; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGED; CAPACITY BUILDING; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449084583     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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