Romantic Ideals and Scientific Progress: Nature and Children in American Culture, 1880-1920University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1994 - 160 pages |
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... classrooms than did American elementary- school children of one hundred years ago . During the 1880s , educators seeking healthy lives for children and a prosperous future for the nation introduced a new classroom subject which they ...
... classrooms than did American elementary- school children of one hundred years ago . During the 1880s , educators seeking healthy lives for children and a prosperous future for the nation introduced a new classroom subject which they ...
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... classrooms than did American elementary- school children of one hundred years ago . During the 1880s , educators seeking healthy lives for children and a prosperous future for the nation introduced a new classroom subject which they ...
... classrooms than did American elementary- school children of one hundred years ago . During the 1880s , educators seeking healthy lives for children and a prosperous future for the nation introduced a new classroom subject which they ...
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... classroom work , distinguishing nature study methods from other subjects ' general reliance on textbooks . In theory , nature study not only promised to liberate children from arduous lessons , but to bring them out of the confining ...
... classroom work , distinguishing nature study methods from other subjects ' general reliance on textbooks . In theory , nature study not only promised to liberate children from arduous lessons , but to bring them out of the confining ...
Contents
The Roots of Nature Study | 8 |
Nature Study and Its Practicality | 30 |
Conclusion | 50 |
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