The integration of biodiversity education in the initial education of primary school teachers: four comparative case studies from Europe

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-37

  Lindemann Matthies, Petra ^a   Constantinou, Constantinos ^b   Junge, Xenia ^a   Köhler, Karlheinz ^c   Mayer, Jürgen ^d   Nagel, Ueli ^a   Raper, George ^e   Schüle, Diane ^c   Kadji Beltran, Chrysanthi ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f Frederick Institute of Technology Nicosia   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

biodiversity education; case studies; education for sustainable development; initial teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884687893     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802613496     Document Type: Article

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