The field as a ‘pedagogical resource’? A critical analysis of students’ affective engagement with the field environment

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 507-517

  Cook, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affect; fieldwork; ideology; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968822021     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620802204395     Document Type: Article

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