A whole-person approach to educating for sustainability

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-352

  Podger, Dimity Margaret ^a   Mustakova Possardt, Elena ^b   Reid, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b The University of Sydney ^*

Author keywords

Education; Ethics; Learning; Motivation (psychology); Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957127854     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371011077568     Document Type: Article

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