Addressing the attitudinal gap towards improving the environment: A case study from a primary school in Slovenia

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-100

  Lukman, Rebeka ^a   Lozano, Rodrigo ^b   Vamberger, Tamara ^c   Krajnc, Majda ^d  

^a Nigrad Dd   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Primary School Videm   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Education; Environmental attitudes; Environmental awareness; Factor analysis; Primary and secondary social environments; Slovenia; Structural conditions

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRUCTURAL CONDITION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84879893168     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.08.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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