Preparing for the future: Teaching scenario planning at the graduate level

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 267-273

  Biggs, Reinette ^a   Diebel, Matthew W ^a   Gilroy, David ^a   Kamarainen, Amy M ^a   Kornis, Matthew S ^a   Preston, Nicholas D ^a   Schmitz, Jennifer E ^a   Uejio, Christopher K ^a   Van De Bogert, Matthew C ^a   Weidel, Brian C ^a   West, Paul C ^a,b   Zaks, David P M ^a   Carpenter, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FUTURE PROSPECT; LEARNING; STAKEHOLDER; STUDENT; TEACHING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 77953330538     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/080075     Document Type: Article

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