Secondary school students' interests, attitudes and values concerning school science related to environmental issues in Finland

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-186

  Uitto, Anna ^a   Juuti, Kalle ^a   Lavonen, Jari ^a   Byman, Reijo ^a   Meisalo, Veijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attitude and value; Environmental interest; Gender; Residential area; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954510658     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2010.522703     Document Type: Article

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