Connecting with nature a naturalist's perspective / [electronic resource] :
Robert C. Stebbins.
- Arlington, Va. : National Science Teachers Association, c2012.
- xvi, 206 p. : ill.
Includes 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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Stebbins, Robert C. 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 on.