Agnotology as a teaching tool: Learning climate science by studying misinformation

Journal of Geography

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 159-165

  Bedford, Daniel ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Agnotology; Global warming; Misinformation

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LEARNING; TEACHING;

EID: 77955116975     PISSN: 00221341     EISSN: 17526868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221341.2010.498121     Document Type: Article

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