External drivers for changing fieldwork practices and provision in the UK and Ireland

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 461, Issue , 2009, Pages 313-321

  Boyle, Alan P ^a   Ryan, Paul ^b   Stokes, Alison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES; DRIVING FACTORS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIONS; LEARNING OUTCOME; PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; FIELDWORK; GOVERNMENT; LEARNING; LEGISLATION;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77951450969     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2461(24)     Document Type: Article

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