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The Significance of Children and Animals: Social Development and Our Connections to Other Species, Second Revised Edition
Gene Myers
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Paperback. What role does an animal play in a child's developing sense of self? Are children and animals interacting in ways no longer recognizable to adults? This book addresses these and other questions by revealing the interconnected lives of the inhabitants of the preschool classroom. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
What role does an animal play in a child's developing sense of self? Are children and animals interacting in ways no longer recognizable to adults? The Significance of Children and Animals addresses these and other intriguing questions by revealing the interconnected lives of the inhabitants of the preschool classroom - an environment abounding in childish verbal and nonverbal interactions with birds, turtles, toads, birds, bugs, and other creatures. Regarded as a pivotal analysis of child-animal interaction with wider implications for human-animal studies, the original 1998 edition has been revised here to incorporate the recent literature, while preserving the basic nature ... Read more
What role does an animal play in a child's developing sense of self? Are children and animals interacting in ways no longer recognizable to adults? The Significance of Children and Animals addresses these and other intriguing questions by revealing the interconnected lives of the inhabitants of the preschool classroom - an environment abounding in childish verbal and nonverbal interactions with birds, turtles, toads, birds, bugs, and other creatures. Regarded as a pivotal analysis of child-animal interaction with wider implications for human-animal studies, the original 1998 edition has been revised here to incorporate the recent literature, while preserving the basic nature ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557534293
SKU
V9781557534293
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Ref
99-15
About Gene Myers
Gene Myers is Associate Professor at Huxley College of the Environment at Western Washington University, where he teaches environmental education, conservation psychology, and human ecology, and conducts research on the human dimensions of biodiversity conservation.
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