Progression in Complexity: Contextualizing Sustainable Marine Resources Management in a 10th Grade Classroom

Research in Science Education

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-23

  Bravo Torija, Beatriz ^a   Jiménez Aleixandre, María Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contextualization; Discourse analysis; Ecology learning; Environmental education; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055172809     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-011-9254-1     Document Type: Article

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