Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations

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Peter H. Kahn Jr. (University of Washington) Stephen R. Kellert (Yale University)

Children and Nature

Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations

Peter H. Kahn Jr. (University of Washington), Stephen R. Kellert (Yale University)

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English

MIT Press
03 May 2002

Age groups: children; Child & developmental psychology; The environment

Series: The MIT Press

For much of human evolution, the natural world was one of the most important contexts of children's maturation. Indeed, the experience of nature was, and still may be, a critical component of human physical, emotional, intellectual, and even moral development. Yet scientific knowledge of the significance of nature during the different stages of childhood is sparse. This book provides scientific investigations and thought-provoking essays on children and nature.

Children and Nature incorporates research from cognitive science, developmental psychology, ecology, education, environmental studies, evolutionary psychology, political science, primatology, psychiatry, and social psychology. The authors examine the evolutionary significance of nature during childhood; the formation of children's conceptions, values, and sympathies toward the natural world; how contact with nature affects children's physical and mental development; and the educational and political consequences of the weakened childhood experience of nature in modern society.

Edited by: Peter H. Kahn Jr. (University of Washington), Stephen R. Kellert (Yale University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9780262611756
ISBN 10: 0262611759
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 370
Publication Date: 03 May 2002
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter H. Kahn, Jr., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington, author of Technological Nature (MIT Press), and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Ecopsychology. He is coauthor (Patricial H. Hasbach) of The Rediscovery of the Wild (MIT Press). Stephen R. Kellert was Tweedy Ordway Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology at Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He was the author of a number of books, including Building for Life- Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection, and the coeditor of Children and Nature- Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Foundations (MIT Press).

Reviews for Children and Nature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations

This book has an astonishing number of insights per page. The authors carefully provide good reasons to believe that experiences in nature are a cornerstone for the development of healthy children, who learn to act wisely in the environment and to create healthy societies. --Chris Myers, Professor and Director of Project Dragonfly, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Miami University