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ERIC Number: EJ654372
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
From the Inside Out: Nurturing Aesthetic Response to Nature in the Primary Grades.
Kemple, Kristen M.; Johnson, Cindy A.
Childhood Education, v78 n4 p210-18 Sum 2002
Proposes using illustrated fictional literature to promote in young children aesthetic appreciation of human creations and the natural environment. Defines aesthetics and recommends both "good" stories and books with vicarious encounters as two useful categories of stories with moral reasoning accessible to primary grade children. Offers three curriculum examples and six possible supportive experiences. (DLH)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Aesthetics, Childrens Literature, Educational Objectives, Environmental Education, Fiction, Illustrations, Moral Development, Moral Values, Outdoor Education, Picture Books, Primary Education, Reading Materials, Sensory Experience
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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