The contribution of education towards meeting the challenges of climate change

Journal of Baltic Science Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-155

  Filho, Walter Leal ^a   Pace, Paul ^b   Manolas, Evangelos ^c  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active learning; Climate change; Formal and non formal education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051814553     PISSN: 16483898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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