Connecting with nature [electronic resource] : a naturalist's perspective / Robert C. Stebbins.
Material type: TextPublication details: Arlington, Va. : National Science Teachers Association, c2012Description: xvi, 206 p. : illISBN: 9781936959891 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Stebbins, Robert C. (Robert Cyril), 1915- | 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 -- Biography | Human ecology -- Philosophy | Nature -- Effect of human beings onGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 578.076 LOC classification: QH541.2 | .S72 2012Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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