Why a critical pedagogy of place is an oxymoron

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-335

  Bowers, C A ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

critical pedagogy of place; cultural commons; de colonization; double blind thinking; thick description

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905761979     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802156470     Document Type: Article

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