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Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens is the latest from
environmental education expert David Sobel. Joined by a variety of
colleagues to share their experiences and steps for creating a
successful forest kindergarten program, Nature Preschools and
Forest Kindergartens walks you through the European roots of the
concept to the recent resurgence of these kinds of programs in
North America. Going well beyond a history lesson, these experts
provide the framework to understand the concepts and build a
learning community that stimulates curiosity and inquisitiveness in
a natural environment. This helpful guide provides the curriculum
ideas and guidance needed to foster special gifts in children. It
also gives you the nuts and bolts of running a successful nature
preschool business: Potential obstacles and concerns Staff and
curriculum design Best practices for success Site and facility
assessment Business planning and how to successfully market your
program Nature Preschools and Forest Kindergartens provides the
mentorship and guidance to become a leader in nature-based
education.
Child and Youth Agency in Science Fiction: Travel, Technology, Time
intersects considerations about children's and youth's agency with
the popular culture genre of science fiction. As scholars in
childhood studies and beyond seek to expand understandings of
agency in children's lives, this collection places science fiction
at the heart of this endeavor. Retellings of the past, narratives
of the present, and new landscapes of the future, each explored in
science fiction, allow for creative reimaginings of the
capabilities, movements, and agency of youth. Core themes of
generation, embodiment, family, identity, belonging, gender, and
friendship traverse across the chapters and inform the
contributors' readings of various film, literature, television, and
virtual media sources. Here, children and youth are heterogeneous,
and agency as a central analytical concept is interrogated through
interdisciplinary, intersectional, intergenerational, and posthuman
analyses. The contributors argue that there is vast power in
science fiction representations of children's agency to challenge
accepted notions of neoliberal agency, enhance understandings of
agency in childhood studies, and further contextualize agency in
the lives, voices, and cultures of youth.
Child and Youth Agency in Science Fiction: Travel, Technology, Time
intersects considerations about children’s and youth’s agency
with the popular culture genre of science fiction. As scholars in
childhood studies and beyond seek to expand understandings of
agency in children’s lives, this collection places science
fiction at the heart of this endeavor. Retellings of the past,
narratives of the present, and new landscapes of the future, each
explored in science fiction, allow for creative reimaginings of the
capabilities, movements, and agency of youth. Core themes of
generation, embodiment, family, identity, belonging, gender, and
friendship traverse across the chapters and inform the
contributors’ readings of various film, literature, television,
and virtual media sources. Here, children and youth are
heterogeneous, and agency as a central analytical concept is
interrogated through interdisciplinary, intersectional,
intergenerational, and posthuman analyses. The contributors argue
that there is vast power in science fiction representations of
children’s agency to challenge accepted notions of neoliberal
agency, enhance understandings of agency in childhood studies, and
further contextualize agency in the lives, voices, and cultures of
youth.
Taking the concept of beauty seriously, this encyclopedia examines
how humanity has sought and continues to seek what is "beautiful"
in a variety of cultural contexts, giving readers an understanding
of how to look at beauty both intellectually and critically. Is
beauty ever more than "skin deep"? Arguably yes, considering that
the concept of beauty-and the pursuit of it-has shaped cultures
worldwide, across every time period, and has even served to change
the course of history. Studying beauty practices yields insight
into social status, wealth, political ideology, religious doctrine,
and gender expectations, including gender nonconformity. A truly
interdisciplinary text, Beauty around the World: A Cultural
Encyclopedia presents an insightful perspective on beauty that
draws from philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology,
psychology, and feminist studies, giving readers a unique view of
world beauty practices. This volume offers information about beauty
practices from the past to the present in alphabetical entries that
address terms and topics such as "beards," "dreadlocks," "Geisha,"
"moko tattoos," and "progressive muscularity." Readers will better
comprehend how beauty shapes many social interactions in profound
ways worldwide, and that the unspoken social agreements that shape
ideals of attractiveness and desirability within any given culture
can matter very much. The encyclopedia's entries challenge readers
to consider the questions "What is beauty?" and "Why does it
matter?" A comprehensive bibliography is a valuable resource for
further research. Provides an interdisciplinary approach to world
beauty practices, from the earliest experiments in plastic surgery
in 600 B.C. to contemporary practices Gives readers a
representative overview of beauty practices around the globe
Documents how from cosmetics to clothing, exercise to body
modification, being beautiful is a goal worldwide Identifies
numerous authoritative sources of information for further research
and reading
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