Education for sustainable development and quality assurance in universities in China and the Nordic countries: A comparative study

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 529-537

  Holm, Tove ^a,b   Sammalisto, Kaisu ^c   Vuorisalo, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Education for sustainable development; Finland; Higher education; Quality assurance; The Nordic countries

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; FINLAND; HIGHER EDUCATION; NORDIC COUNTRIES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 84942988548     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.074     Document Type: Article

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