Environmental Education in Côte d'Ivoire/West Africa: Extra-Curricular Primary School Teaching Shows Positive Impact on Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes

International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 240-259

  Borchers, Claudia ^a,b   Boesch, Christophe ^a,b   Riedel, Julia ^a,b   Guilahoux, Hilaire ^b,c   Ouattara, Dabila ^b,c   Randler, Christoph ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Wild Chimpanzee Foundation   (Switzerland)

^c Cellule des Projets Environnementaux (CPE)   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Environmental education; Evaluation; Knowledge; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916601446     PISSN: 21548455     EISSN: 21548463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21548455.2013.803632     Document Type: Article

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