Educational potentials of encounters with nature: Reflections from a Swedish outdoor perspective

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-132

  Sandell, Klas ^a   Öhman, Johan ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental education; Environmental history; Friluftsliv; Nature experience; Outdoor education; Sustainability education

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956252595     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620903504065     Document Type: Article

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