Content analysis of selected features of K-8 environmental education research studies in Turkey, 1997–2007

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-548

  Erdogan, Mehmet ^a   Marcinkowski, Tom ^b   Ok, Ahmet ^c  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

content analysis; environmental literacy; K 8; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953271609     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620903085776     Document Type: Article

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