An investigation on the elementary teachers' knowledge about air pollution issues;I•lkögreti•m öǧretmenleri•ni•n hava ki•rli•li•ǧi• konusundaki• bi•lgi• leri• i•le i•lgi•li• bi•r araştirma

Hacettepe Egitim Dergisi

Volumn , Issue 35, 2008, Pages 374-385

  Yilmaz Tüzün, Özgül ^a   Teksöz Tuncer, Gaye ^a   Aydemir, Murat ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Elementary teachers; Environmental education; Environmental knowledge; Global warming; Ozone depletion

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449093014     PISSN: 13005340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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