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Teachers’ Connectedness to Nature, Education for Sustainable Development and the Contemporary Teaching of the Subject “Nature and Society” in Croatian Schools

By: Dunja Anđić and  Sandra Mažar  
Open Access
|Jun 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2023-0006 | Journal eISSN: 1691-5534 | Journal ISSN: 1691-4147
Language: English
Page range: 86 - 97
Published on: Jun 30, 2023
Published by: Daugavpils University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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