Evaluating the impact of an environmental education programme: an empirical study in Mexico

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-387

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

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

environmental education; evaluation; impact assessment; knowledge acquisition; Mexican indigenous adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 77549088052     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620902906766     Document Type: Article

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