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Can Education for Sustainable Development Address Challenges in the Arab Region? Examining Business Students’ attitudes and Competences on Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study Cover

Can Education for Sustainable Development Address Challenges in the Arab Region? Examining Business Students’ attitudes and Competences on Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education
Volume 3 (2012): Issue 2012 (December 2012)
By: Nancy Kanbar  
Open Access
|Jun 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10230-012-0003-0 | Journal eISSN: 2255-7547
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Language: English
Page range: 41 - 62
Published on: Jun 8, 2013
Published by: Daugavpils University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
education for sustainable development,
attitudes and competences,
pillars of learning,
environmental challenges,
business students,
the Reorient University Curricula to Address Sustainability (RUCAS) Tempus project
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Education,
Education, other

© 2013 Nancy Kanbar, published by Daugavpils University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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