Exploring pupil participation within a sustainable school

Cambridge Journal of Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-258

  Katsenou, Christina ^a   Flogaitis, Evgenia ^a   Liarakou, Georgia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

action research; participation; primary school; sustainable school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879688190     PISSN: 0305764X     EISSN: 14693577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305764X.2013.774320     Document Type: Article

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