Download or read book Children s Attitudes Knowledge and Behaviors Toward Animals written by Stephen R. Kellert and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basic objectives of this research, which involved children in the 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th grades, were to describe children's uses and perceptions of animals and to discern possible developmental stages in the evolution of attitudes toward animals. Personal interviews were conducted with 267 children from 16 public schools randomly selected from urban, small city, suburban, and rural areas of the state of Connecticut. Three major developmental stages in the evolution of children's perceptions of animals were found. The first stage, occurring from the 2nd to 5th grade, was characterized by a dramatic increase in emotional concern and general affection for animals. Since very young children were the most exploitative, harsh, and unfeeling of all children in their attitudes toward animals, environmental programs should focus on the affective realm. The transition from fifth to eighth grades witnessed the second major developmental stage--a major expansion in children's intellectual and cognitive understandings of animals. Therefore, factual learning should be emphasized at this stage. The third developmental stage occurred between 8th and 11th grades, during which time children's ethical concern for the welfare and kind treatment of animals increased dramatically. This stage offers the best opportunity for teaching about ethical relationships to animals and the concepts of ecology and wildlife management. (RM).
Download or read book Children and Nature written by Peter H. Kahn, Jr. and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Knowledge Affection and Basic Attitudes Toward Animals in American Society written by Stephen R. Kellert and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Youth and Wildlife written by Miriam O. Westervelt and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advances in Animal Welfare Science 1984 written by M.W. Fox and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first in an annual series, written by academicians scientists, philosophers and others-is not intended exclusively for an imal welfarists and conservationists. Since it is written* by scholars, it will appeal to a wide range of academic and professional readers who are involved with animals for scientific, economic, altruistic, and other reasons. While this first volume cannot cover the entire spectrum of animal welfare science-related topics, it does, in its diversity of con tributions, demonstrate the multi-faceted and interdisciplinary nature of the subject of this new series. Indeed, animals are as much an integral part of society as we are dependent upon them. The many interfaces between us and the billions of animals under our dominion (as well as the environment upon which the welfare of human and non-human animals alike is ultimately de pendent) have their separate features: trapping and wildlife manage ment; laboratory animal research; whaling and fishing; veterinary practice; agriculture and farm animal husbandry; horse racing and the ownership of animal companions; the propagation of captive wildlife and their preservation in the wild; the use of animals as companions and for the purposes of vicarious entertainment.
Download or read book Trends in Animal Use and Perception in 20th Century America written by Stephen R. Kellert and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Minds and Animal Stories written by Wojciech Małecki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of stories to raise our concern for animals has been postulated throughout history by countless scholars, activists, and writers, including such greats as Thomas Hardy and Leo Tolstoy. This is the first book to investigate that power and explain the psychological and cultural mechanisms behind it. It does so by presenting the results of an experimental project that involved thousands of participants, texts representing various genres and national literatures, and the cooperation of an internationally-acclaimed bestselling author. Combining psychological research with insights from animal studies, ecocriticism and other fields in the environmental humanities, the book not only provides evidence that animal stories can make us care for other species, but also shows that their effects are more complex and fascinating than we have ever thought. In this way, the book makes a groundbreaking contribution to the study of relations between literature and the nonhuman world as well as to the study of how literature changes our minds and society. "As witnessed by novels like Black Beauty and Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a good story can move public opinion on contentious social issues. In Human Minds and Animal Stories a team of specialists in psychology, biology, and literature tells how they discovered the power of narratives to shift our views about the treatment of other species. Beautifully written and based on dozens of experiments with thousands of subjects, this book will appeal to animal advocates, researchers, and general readers looking for a compelling real-life detective story." - Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat : Why It’s So Hard To Think Straight About Animals
Download or read book American Public Attitudes Toward Hunting written by Steven G. Heeringa and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fish and Wildlife News written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fish and Wildlife News written by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Agricultural Library Catalog written by National Agricultural Library (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Behavior Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monthly Catalogue United States Public Documents written by and published by . This book was released on 1982-10 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twilight of the Panther written by Ken Alvarez and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of efforts to save the Florida panther, and a review of three other programs involving the California condor, the black-footed ferret, and the dusky seaside sparrow.
Download or read book Attitudes Toward the Outdoors written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 850 entries here (from books, newspaper, magazine and professional journal articles, public opinion collections, and government documents) are divided into five subject areas: the environment, parks and recreation areas, outdoor recreation, wildlife, and wildlife management.
