Children and the Environment
In the first two volumes of the series we elected to cover a broad spectrum of topics in the environment and behavior field, ranging from theoretical to applied, and including disciplinary, interdiscipli nary, and professionally related topics. Chapters in these earlier vol umes dealt with leisure...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1978, 1978
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1978 |
| Series: | Human Behavior and Environment
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Children and the Natural Environment
- Children: A Historical Note
- Natural Environment
- Man-Environment Relationships
- Cognition and Behavior
- Childhood and Nature
- The Wild Child
- Inner-City Children and Nature
- Natural Environment and Learning
- Typewriter and Learning: A Contrast
- Expanding World
- Animism, Artificialism, and Scale
- Play and Playthings
- Children, Animals, and Plants
- Learning about the Natural Environment
- American Children and the Natural Environment
- Summary and Conclusion
- References
- 2 Children’s Home Environments: Social and Cognitive Effects
- Home as a Source of Stimulation
- Social Organization of Home Environments
- Directions for Future Research
- References
- 3 Childhood Outdoors: Toward a Social Ecology of the Landscape
- Comparative Significance of Indoors and Outdoors
- Outdoor Behavior-Environment Concepts
- Place
- The Co-Action of Range, Place, and Pathway
- Conclusions and Future Directions
- References
- 4 School Environments
- Environments in Early Childhood
- Environments in Elementary Schools
- High School and University Environments
- The “Questionnaire Environments”
- Directions for Research
- References
- 5 Childhood and Privacy
- A Perspective for Understanding Privacy
- The Environmental Dimension of Privacy
- Conclusions and Implications
- References
- 6 Stalking the Elusive Cognitive Map: The Development of Children’s Representations of Geographic Space
- The Development of Cognitive Maps
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- 7 Children as Environmental Planners
- Developmental Studies
- Spatial Planning Model
- General Conclusions
- References