Promoting pro-environmental attitudes and reported behaviors of Malaysian pre-service teachers using green chemistry experiments

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-389

  Karpudewan, Mageswary ^a   Ismail, Zurida ^a   Roth, Wolff Michael ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

environmental attitudes; pre service teachers and green chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861415813     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2011.622841     Document Type: Article

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