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ERIC Number: EJ499963
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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The Roots of Environmental Concern.
Chawla, Louise; Hart, Roger A.
NAMTA Journal, v20 n1 p148-57 Win 1995
Presents a conceptual model of how young children learn about the physical environment, reviewing theories concerning environmental cognition and moral development. Notes that children in developed nations receive much of their information about the environment from the media and are often exposed to conflicting viewpoints about the natural world. (MDM)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Environment), Developed Nations, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Environmental Education, Epistemology, Mass Media Role, Montessori Method, Moral Development, Young Children
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Issue theme: Montessori: Nurturing the Human Potential.