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Curriculum and Professional Development in Environmental Education: A Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Robyn Muhlebach*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Education, Deakin University, Victoria

Extract

This particular case study looks at the problem of curriculum and professional development in environmental education at a small semi rural primary school in south western Victoria. In this paper the ‘study’ refers to the case study research at Elliminyt Primary School and the ‘project’ refers to a wider OECD-CERI ENSI project which included many other case studies other than the one described here.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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