T-shaped competency profile for water professionals of the future

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3475-3483

  Uhlenbrook, S ^a,b   De Jong, E ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; AQUATIC ECOLOGY; CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAMMES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGHER EDUCATION; HOLISTIC MODEL; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LIFE LONG LEARNING; TEAM WORKING; UNIVERSITY CURRICULA; UNIVERSITY GRADUATES; WATER PROFESSIONALS;

CURRICULA; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

COMPLEXITY; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; HIGHER EDUCATION; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LEARNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNESCO; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84869457042     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-3475-2012     Document Type: Article

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