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Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education Volume 40, 2015 - Issue 6: Assessing and Evaluating Sustainable Development in Higher Education
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Education for sustainable development in higher education: evaluating coherence between theory and praxis

Filomena AmadorEducação e Ensino a Distância, Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal;ICT (Earth Science Institut - Polo Universidade do Porto), Porto, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ana Paula MartinhoCiências e Tecnologia, Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal;Lead, Laboratory of Distance Education and E-Learning, Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal
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Paula Bacelar-NicolauCiências e Tecnologia, Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal;Centre for Functional Ecology, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Sandra CaeiroCiências e Tecnologia, Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal;Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Carla Padrel OliveiraCiências e Tecnologia, Universidade Aberta, Lisbon, Portugal;Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Pages 867-882 | Published online: 14 Jul 2015

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