Youth and the sea: Ocean literacy in Nova Scotia, Canada

Marine Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-107

  Guest, Haley ^a   Lotze, Heike K ^a   Wallace, Douglas ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental education; Experiential learning; Marine citizenship; Ocean value; Science education; Survey

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LITERACY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; SURVEY; VALUATION;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84929353682     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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