Creating deep and broad change through research and systems approaches in early childhood education for sustainability

Young Children and the Environment: Early Education for Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 273-291

  Ferreira, Jo Anne ^a   Davis, Julie M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84887058450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511845390.011     Document Type: Chapter

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