Is Higher Education Ready for Transformative Learning?: A Question Explored in the Study of Sustainability

Journal of Transformative Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-91

  Moore, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

collaborative learning; sustainability; sustainability education; transdisciplinary; transformative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990342733     PISSN: 15413446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541344604270862     Document Type: Article

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