If you went out it would stick: Irish children's learning in their local environments

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-159

  Pike, Susan ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

children's geographies; geography curriculum; geography education; geography fieldwork; Irish education; primary geography

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CHILD; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FIELDWORK; GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RESEARCH METHOD; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

IRELAND;

EID: 79957517731     PISSN: 10382046     EISSN: 17477611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10382046.2011.564787     Document Type: Article

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