What do EESD "experts" think sustainability is? Which pedagogy is suitable to learn it?: Results from interviews and Cmaps analysis gathered at EESD 2008

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-304

  Segalàs, Jordi ^a   Mulder, Karel F ^b   Ferrer Balas, Didac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conceptual maps; Curricula; Engineering education; Europe; Experts; Learning assessment; Pedagogy; Students; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863437052     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371211242599     Document Type: Article

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