The role of borders in environmental education: Positioning, power and marginality

Ethnography and Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-282

  Tzou, Carrie T ^a   Bell, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

borders; environmental education; equity; identity; place; social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864696301     PISSN: 17457823     EISSN: 17457831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457823.2012.693697     Document Type: Article

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