Using Bogner and Wiseman’s Model of Ecological Values to measure the impact of an earth education programme on children’s environmental perceptions

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-127

  Johnson, Bruce ^a   Manoli, Constantinos C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

earth education; ENV Scale; environmental perceptions; Model of Ecological Values; NEP Scale; Sunship Earth; TEQ Scale; worldview

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953351412     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620801951673     Document Type: Article

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