David Sobel

Childhood and Nature

Design Principles for Educators

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"In this book, David Sobel makes the case that meaningful connections with the natural world do not begin in the rainforest but in our own communities. Based on observations of recurrent play themes around the world, Sobel articulates seven design principles that can guide teachers in structuring learning experiences"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• second edition
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781501778544
• ISBN-10: 1501778544
• Artikelnr.: 72174300

Autorenporträt

David Sobel is Professor Emeritus at Antioch University New England and cofounder of the Harrisville Children's Center. Sobel is the author of Beyond Ecophobia, Place-based Education, The Sky Above and the Mud Below, and Wild Play.

Inhaltsangabe

"Appareled in Celestial Light": Transcendent Nature Experiences in
Childhood
1. Childhood and Nature Design Principles
2. Playing, Plotting, and Potatoes: Preschoolers Learning in the Garden
3. Taking the Classroom to the Forest: Forest Fridays in Vermont Public
School Kindergartens
4. Applying the Design Principles in an Urban Early Childhood Center:
Innovation at Velma Thomas Early Childhood
5. Being Hopeful in Spite of It All: A Return to Nature-based Education
6. Forts, Land Trusts, and Conservation Behavior: How Building Forts Leads
to Environmental Behavior
7. Island Play: Disney World Is Like a Flea Compared to Whitehead
8. Valley Quest: Strengthening Community through Educational Treasure Hunts
9. Look, Don't Touch: The Problem with Environmental Education
10. Swimming Upstream against the Current: Changing the School Improvement
Paradigm
11. Global Climate Change Meets Ecophobia: Developmentally Appropriate
Climate Education
12. Place-based Education in Guilford, Vermont, 2005: Teaching Locally,
Understanding Globally
13. Place-based Education in Guilford, Vermont, 2020: Still Going Strong
Finding the Good in the Pandemic: Reviving the Nature Study Movement