ICT tools in environmental education: Reviewing two newcomers to schools

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 248-283

  Fauville, G ^a,b   Lantz Andersson, A ^b   Saljo R ^b  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

digital tools; environmental education and digital media; ICT in classrooms; literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897600964     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2013.775220     Document Type: Review

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