Synopses & Reviews
Winner of the 2000 Book Award from the Moral Development & EducationGroup of the American Educational Research AssociationUrgent environmental problemscall for vigorous research and theory on how humans develop a relationship withnature. In a series of original research projects, Peter Kahn answers this call. Forthe past eight years, Kahn has studied children, young adults, and parents indiverse geographical locations, ranging from an economically impoverished blackcommunity in Houston to a remote village in the Brazilian Amazon. In these studiesKahn seeks answers to the following questions: How do people value nature, and howdo they reason morally about environmental degradation? Do children have a deepconnection to the natural world that gets severed by modern society? Or do suchconnections emerge, if at all, later in life, with increased cognitive and moralmaturity? How does culture affect environmental commitments and sensibilities? Arethere universal features in the human relationship with nature? Kahn's empirical andtheoretical findings draw on current work in psychology, biology, environmentalbehavior, education, policy, and moral development.This scholarly yet accessiblebook will be of value to practitioners in the social science and environmentalfields, as well as to informed generalists interested in environmental issues andchildren.
Review
"Kahn is a thoughtful and sensitive guide across a far-reachingintellectual landscape, illuminating the relevance of ecologicalreasoning for many of the key intellectual controversies indevelopmental psychology." Charles C. Helwig , Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Toronto The MIT Press The MIT Press
Synopsis
Urgent environmental problems call for vigorous research and theory on how humans develop a relationship with nature. For eight years, Peter Kahn studied children, young adults, and parents in diverse geographical locations, ranging from an economically impoverished black community in Houston to a remote village in the Brazilian Amazon. In these studies Kahn sought answers to the following questions: How do people value nature, and how do they reason morally about environmental degradation? Do children have a deep connection to the natural world that gets severed by modern society? Or do such connections emerge, if at all, later in life, with increased cognitive and moral maturity? Are there universal features in the human relationship with nature? Kahn's empirical and theoretical findings draw on current work in psychology, biology, environmental behavior, education, policy, and moral development.
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Kahn's empirical and theoretical findings draw on current work in psychology, biology, environmental behavior, education, policy, and moral development.
Urgent environmental problems call for vigorous research and theory on how humans develop a relationship with nature. In a series of original research projects, Peter Kahn answers this call. For the past eight years, Kahn has studied children, young adults, and parents in diverse geographical locations, ranging from an economically impoverished black community in Houston to a remote village in the Brazilian Amazon. In these studies Kahn seeks answers to the following questions: How do people value nature, and how do they reason morally about environmental degradation? Do children have a deep connection to the natural world that gets severed by modern society? Or do such connections emerge, if at all, later in life, with increased cognitive and moral maturity? How does culture affect environmental commitments and sensibilities? Are there universal features in the human relationship with nature? Kahn's empirical and theoretical findings draw on current work in psychology, biology, environmental behavior, education, policy, and moral development.
This scholarly yet accessible book will be of value to practitioners in the social science and environmental fields, as well as to informed generalists interested in environmental issues and children.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-275) and index.
Synopsis
Kahn's empirical and theoretical findings draw on current work in psychology, biology, environmental behavior, education, policy, and moral development.
Synopsis
Winner of Outstanding Book Award, 2000, Moral Development and Education, American Educational Research Association.
Urgent environmental problems call for vigorous research and theory on how humans develop a relationship with nature. For eight years, Peter Kahn studied children, young adults, and parents in diverse geographical locations, ranging from an economically impoverished black community in Houston to a remote village in the Brazilian Amazon. In these studies Kahn sought answers to the following questions: How do people value nature, and how do they reason morally about environmental degradation? Do children have a deep connection to the natural world that gets severed by modern society? Or do such connections emerge, if at all, later in life, with increased cognitive and moral maturity? Are there universal features in the human relationship with nature? Kahn's empirical and theoretical findings draw on current work in psychology, biology, environmental behavior, education, policy, and moral development.
About the Author
Peter H. Kahn, Jr. is Associate Professor in the Departmentof Psychology and Director of the Human Interaction with Nature andTechnological Systems Laboratory at the University of Washington. He is theauthor of The Human Relationship with Nature: Development andCulture (1999, 2001) and the coeditor of Children andNature: Psychological, Sociocultural, and Evolutionary Investigations;(2002), both published by the MIT Press.