Revealing the research ‘hole’ of early childhood education for sustainability: a preliminary survey of the literature

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-241

  Davis, Julie ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

capacity building; early childhood; education for sustainability; environmental education; pre school

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953741642     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802710607     Document Type: Article

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