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Urban environmental education: leveraging technology and ecology to engage students in studying the environment

Michael Barnett Department of Teacher Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and Special Education, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA
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Meredith Houle Vaughn School of Teacher Education, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
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Eric Strauss Department of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Lindsey Cotter Urban Ecology Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 199-214 | Published online: 08 Aug 2011

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