Taking a stance: child agency across the dimensions of early adolescents' environmental involvement

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-272

  Blanchet Cohen, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

child agency; early adolescence; environmental involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960187238     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802156496     Document Type: Article

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