Connecting with nature [[electronic resource] ] : a naturalist's perspective / / Robert C. Stebbins

• Autore: Stebbins Robert C (Robert Cyril), <1915->
• Pubblicazione: Arlington, Va., : National Science Teachers Association, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 578.076
• Soggetto topico: Ecology - Study and teaching - Activity programs; Nature study - Activity programs; Natural history - Study and teaching - Activity programs; Environmental education - Activity programs; Outdoor life - Study and teaching - Activity programs; Naturalists - United States; Human ecology - Philosophy; Nature - Effect of human beings on
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Ecology : A Pathway to Connecting with Nature -- pt. 1. Connecting with Nature, an Ecological Approach : Goals, Activities, Field Trips, Nature Stories, Nature's Driving Force for Change -- Early Memories and the Nature Connection -- Goals of an Ecological Approach -- Developing Awareness and Exciting Interest -- Learning from Successful Cooperative Models -- Listening in on a Naturalist's Experiences : Nature Walks, Interacting with Plants and Animals in the Field, Nature Stories -- Evolution, Nature's Driving Force for Change : How Organisms Adapt to Their Environments -- pt. 2. Nature Bonding : Impediments and Hopeful Prospects -- The High Cost of Ecological Illiteracy : Isolation of Ecology, Attitudes Toward Nature, Population Explosion -- Hopeful Prospects : an Historic Message that Almost Succeeded, Some Reasons for Hope.
• Sommario/riassunto: Taking what he calls "a nature-centered worldview," author Robert Stebbins blends activities, examples, and stories with his perspectives on the importance of dealing objectively yet compassionately with social and environmental problems. Even a quick glance through Connecting With Nature will make you wish you could give your students the joy of a day in the hills with the author. Failing that, you can use his book to instill a love of nature in your students-and rekindle it in yourself.
• Titolo autorizzato: Connecting with nature
• ISBN: 1-936959-89-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462046803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II