Teacher Education: A Diluted Environmental Education Experience

Australian Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-59

  Miles, Rebecca ^a   Harrison, Linda ^a   Cutter Mackenzie, Amy ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental education; environmental knowledge; mixed methods; pre service teachers; primary elementary teacher education; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955398012     PISSN: 08140626     EISSN: 2049775X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0814062600001658     Document Type: Article

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