Criticality by stealth: embedding tools for sustainability in the business curriculum

Journal of Global Responsibility

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 222-238

  Redding, Peter ^a   Cato, Molly Scott ^a  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Criticality; Curriculum design; Education for sustainable development; Pedagogy; Sustainability; United Kingdom; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973535795     PISSN: 20412568     EISSN: 20412576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20412561111166067     Document Type: Article

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