Constructing education for sustainable development: the secondary school geography curriculum and initial teacher training

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-619

  Firth, Roger ^a   Winter, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78049273410     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620701659079     Document Type: Article

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