A climate change course for undergraduate students

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-241

  Nam, Y ^a   Ito, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84856154242     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1.3651405     Document Type: Article

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