Developing sustainability curricula using the PBL method in a Chinese context

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-88

  Du, Xiangyun ^a   Su, Liya ^b   Liu, Jingling ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case study; China; Innovative pedagogy; PBL; Sustainability curriculum

Indexed keywords

CHINA; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY; INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT; PBL; PROBLEM- AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING; TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

CURRICULA; GRADING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84886951582     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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