Environmental education for social-ecological system resilience: A perspective from activity theory

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 545-558

  Krasny, Marianne E ^a   Roth, Wolff Michael ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Environmental education; Resilience; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960180210     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2010.505431     Document Type: Article

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