Childhood and Nature: Design Principles for Educators

di David Sobel (Autore)

Cornell University Press, 2025

Childhood and Nature is a guide for educators looking to foster in their students a love of nature as well as an understanding of complex environmental issues. This second edition brings new material and fresh insights to David Sobel's foundational exploration of place-based education. Sobel articulates seven design principles that teachers can use to build learning experiences: adventure, fantasy and imagination, animal allies, maps and paths, special places, small worlds, and hunting and gathering,. Pulling from recurrent play themes and real-world examples from educators, Sobel details placed-based projects and lessons for each principle. Students learn and develop vital skills through engagement with their local environments and communities. Miniature ecosystems in the "small world" of a sandbox, for example, can help children grasp larger, abstract ideas. A timely and actionable resource, Childhood and Nature shows how centering the world around us in education can create a generation of nature students, explorers, and protectors.

• Autore: David Sobel
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 240 p.
• Dimensioni: 254 x 178 mm
• Peso: 454 gr.
• EAN: 9781501778544

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