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ERIC Number: EJ633693
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0309-8265
Critical Thinking and Interdisciplinarity in Environmental Higher Education: The Case for Epistemological and Values Awareness.
Jones, Peter C.; Merritt, J. Quentin; Palmer, Clare
Journal of Geography in Higher Education, v23 n3 p349-57 Nov 1999
Argues that awareness of epistemological and value-related questions is a prerequisite for critical thinking and interdisciplinarity in environmental higher education. Offers general discussions of epistemology and value awareness. Seeks to justify advocacy of both in environmental higher education. (CMK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Environmental Education, Epistemology, Geography, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Persuasive Discourse, Social Studies, Undergraduate Study, Value Judgment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Written for the Journal of Geography in Higher Education Symposium: The TALESSI Project.