Sustainability and museum education: What future are we educating for?

International Journal of the Inclusive Museum

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 11-26

  Logan, Rosemary ^a   Sutter, Glenn C ^b  

^a Museum of Northern Arizona   (United States)

^b ROYAL SASKATCHEWAN MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecomuseums; Education for sustainability; Education for sustainable development; Participatory museums; Relevancy and museums; Sustainability and museums; Sustainability education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866885577     PISSN: 18352014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1835-2014/cgp/v04i03/44377     Document Type: Article

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