Children and nature : psychological, sociocultural, and evolutionary investigations / edited by Peter H. Kahn, Jr. and Stephen R. Kellert.

Other author Kahn, Peter H., Jr.
Other author Kellert, Stephen R.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxix, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Nature--Psychological aspects.
Children and the environment.

Contents The primate relationship with nature: biophilia as a general pattern / Peter Verbeek and Frans B.M. de Waal -- The ecological world of children / Judith H. Heerwagen and Gordon H. Orians -- The development of folkbiology: a cognitive science perspective on children's understanding of the biological world / John D. Coley, Gregg E.A. Solomon, and Patrick Shafto -- Children's affiliations with nature: structure, development, and the problem of environmental generational amnesia / Peter H. Kahn, Jr. -- Experiencing nature: affective, cognitive, and evaluative development in children / Stephen R. Kellert -- Animals as links toward developing caring relationships with the natural world / Olin Eugene Myers, Jr. and Carol D. Saunders -- Animals in therapeutic education: guides into the liminal state / Aaron Katcher -- Spots of time: manifold ways of being in nature in childhood / Louise Chawla -- Adolescents and the natural environment: a time out? / Rachel Kaplan and Stephen Kaplan -- Adolescents and ecological identity: attending to wild nature / Cynthia Thomashow -- Political economy and the ecology of childhood / David W. Orr -- Eden in a vacant lot: special places, species, and kids in the neighborhood of life / Robert Michael Pyle.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2001057912
ISBN0262112671 (alk. paper)
ISBN0262611759 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BF353.5.N37 C47 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold