School and local environmental knowledge, what are the links? A case study among indigenous adolescents in Oaxaca, Mexico

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-96

  Ruiz Mallén, Isabel ^a   Barraza, Laura ^b   Bodenhorn, Barbara ^c   Reyes García, Victoria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental education; Environmental knowledge; Ethnobiology; Indigenous adolescents; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA;

EID: 77549084042     PISSN: 10382046     EISSN: 17477611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10382040902861155     Document Type: Article

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