Case studies, make-your-case studies, and case stories: A critique of case-study methodology in sustainability in higher education

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-21

  Corcoran, Peter Blaze ^a   Walker, Kim E ^b   Wals, Arjen E J ^c  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85059069428     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350462032000173670     Document Type: Article

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