Learning about environmental issues in engineering programmes: A case study of first-year civil engineering students’ contextualisation of an ecology course

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-307

  Lundholm, Cecilia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case studies; Ecology; Higher education; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166762     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370410546448     Document Type: Article

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