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Articles

‘I think it works better if we have an example to help us’: experiences in collaboratively conceptualizing the scaling of education for sustainable development practices in South Africa

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Pages 341-358 | Received 31 Dec 2018, Accepted 13 Jan 2020, Published online: 16 Feb 2020

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