Chemistry education for sustainability: Assessing the chemistry curricula at Cardiff University;Educación química para la Sustentabilidad. evaluación del currículo de química en la universidad de cardiff

Educacion Quimica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-192

  Lozano, Rodrigo ^a   Watson, Mary Katherine ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiff University; Chemical education; Curricula assessment; STAUNCH tool; Sustainability in higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875586554     PISSN: 0187893X     EISSN: 18708404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0187-893X(13)72461-3     Document Type: Article

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