Assessment of the impact of an animal welfare educational course with first grade children in rural schools in the state of morelos, mexico

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-31

  Aguirre, Virginio ^a   Orihuela, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Animals; Children; Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953022087     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-010-0384-2     Document Type: Article

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