Promoting environmentally sustainable attitudes and behaviour through free-choice learning experiences: what is the state of the game?

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-295

  Ballantyne, Roy ^a   Packer, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 85066195188     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504620500081145     Document Type: Article

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