What is social learning?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Reed, Mark S ^a   Evely, Anna C ^a,b   Cundill, Georgina ^c   Fazey, Ioan ^b   Glass, Jayne ^d   Laing, Adele ^e   Newig, Jens ^f   Parrish, Brad ^g   Prell, Christina ^h   Raymond, Chris ⁱ   Stringer, Lindsay C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Definition; Social learning; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

LEARNING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78751479489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03564-1504r01     Document Type: Article

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