Benchmarking the environmental values and attitudes of students in New Zealand's post-compulsory education

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 571-587

  Shephard, Kerry ^a   Mann, Samuel ^b   Smith, Nell ^a   Deaker, Lynley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b OTAGO POLYTECHNIC   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

beliefs; benchmark; post compulsory education students; sustainability value sets; worldview

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956350672     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620903050523     Document Type: Article

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