Connecting Children to Nature: Ideas and Activities for Parents and Educators - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1939019125 ISBN 13: 9781939019127

Casa editrice: Wood N Barnes, 2014

Riassunto

“Implementing the ideas in Connecting Children to Nature: Ideas and Activities for Parents and Educators will go a long way toward creating a nature-rich future.” —Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle, Chairman Emeritus of the Children & Nature Network Connecting children and youth to nature entails, first, fostering their love of nature and empathy with the natural world; second, helping them acquire, appropriate to their development, a grasp of how living things and systems work; and third, guiding them to make knowledgeable choices as they live out their lives at home and in community. This is a practical, how-to book. The premise is that we are in living in a critical time for a reality check on how our kids are growing up. The digital world and screen time have become pervasive. Some balance needs to be restored for healthful development, for the sake of both child and society. The chapters in this book, written by professionals from backgrounds in both school and informal education, offer examples and activities utilizing many outdoor settings, from backyard and neighborhood to study abroad. You will find fresh ideas and useful resources for parenting infants to teens and college students, or teaching pK-16, or even teaching teachers, and it is all about the theory and practice of introducing children of all ages to the phenomena of nature and building upon their experiences to grow their naturalist intelligence and critical conscience.

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L'autore

Michael Bentley is Education Associate at the Virginia Museum of Natural History (www.vmnh.net) and directs the Science Institute for Teachers at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. Since 2007 he has served on the national Expert Panel for Education.com. Among his two-dozen books are An Educator's Field Guide (2011) and Teaching Constructivist Science (2007).Michael Mueller is a professor with expertise in environmental and science education in the College of Education at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He works with teachers to understand the significance of cultural diversity, biodiversity, and nature's harmony.Bruce Martin is an associate professor in the Department of Recreation and Sport Pedagogy at Ohio University. His teaching and research interests focus on the practice of outdoor leadership and adventure programming. His PhD in Social Foundations of Education is from the University of Virginia.

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• Editore: Wood N Barnes
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1939019125
• ISBN 13: 9781939019127
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 300
• Redattore: Bentley Michael L., Mueller Michael P., Martin Bruce Ph.D.