Cypriot primary school principals’ understanding of education for sustainable development key terms and their opinions about factors affecting its implementation

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-342

  Zachariou, Aravella ^a   Kadji Beltran, Chrysanthi ^b  

^a Cyprus Pedagogical Institute   (Cyprus)

^b FREDERICK UNIVERSITY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

education for sustainable development; leaders; school principals; sustainable schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861165413     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620902862902     Document Type: Article

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