On teaching styles of water educators and the impact of didactic training

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3677-3688

  Pathirana, A ^a   Koster, J H ^a   De Jong, E ^a   Uhlenbrook, S ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS; CREATIVE THINKING; DELEGATORS; RESPONSE RATE; TEACHING STAFF; TEACHING STYLES; UNIVERSITY TEACHING;

SURVEYS;

EDUCATION;

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; STUDENT; TEACHING; TRAINING; UNESCO; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84867832049     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3677-2012     Document Type: Article

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