The Nature-Study Idea : And Related Writings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Liberty Hyde.

Contributor:

Linstrom, John.

Orr, David W.

Series:

The Liberty Hyde Bailey Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature study.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In The Nature-Study Idea, Liberty Hyde Bailey articulated the essence of a social movement, led by ordinary public-school teachers, that lifted education out of the classroom and placed it into firsthand contact with the natural world. The aim was simple but revolutionary: sympathy with nature to increase the joy of living and foster stewardship of the earth.With this definitive edition, John Linstrom reintroduces The Nature-Study Idea as an environmental classic for our time. It provides historical context through a wealth of related writings, and introductory essays relate Bailey's vision to current work in education and the intersection of climate change and culture. In this period of planetary turmoil, Bailey's ambition to cultivate wonder (in adults as well as children) and lead readers back into the natural world is more important than ever.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Introduction

Bringing Education to Life and Life to Education: Contemporary Relevance of Bailey's Nature-Study

"It Is Spirit": The Genesis of The Nature-Study Idea

Note on the Text

The Nature-Study Idea

Major Sections Restored from the First Edition

From Part I, Chapter VII: The Agricultural Phase of Nature-Study

Part I, Chapter VIII: Review

From Part III: Inquiries

Reviews of The Nature-Study Idea

Related Writings

Note on the Selections

How a Squash Plant Gets Out of the Seed. (1896)

What Is Nature-Study? The Bailey-Beal Debate (1897-1904)

Nature-Study on the Cornell Plan (1901)

The Common Schools and the Farm-Youth (1907)

When the Birds Nested (1916)

The Science Element in Education (1918)

The Humanistic Element in Education (1918)

Acknowledgments

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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ISBN:

1-5017-7262-7

OCLC:

1417754277