TY - BOOK AU - Stebbins,Robert C. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Connecting with nature: a naturalist's perspective AV - QH541.2 .S72 2012eb U1 - 578.076 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Arlington, Va. PB - National Science Teachers Association KW - Stebbins, Robert C. KW - Ecology KW - Study and teaching KW - Activity programs KW - Nature study KW - Natural history KW - Environmental education KW - Outdoor life KW - Naturalists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Human ecology KW - Philosophy KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10567556 ER -