Reading In and Through Nature: An Outdoor Pedagogy for Reading Literature

Novack, Richard

doi:10.9707/2168-149x.2015

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“…Writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau used many metaphors connecting literature with nature stemming from the common outdoor experiences of the average person (Novak, 2014). Unfortunately, many adolescents today lack this understanding of nature and their local natural places.…”

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Nature Journaling in the High School Classroom

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2023

The American Biology Teacher

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Many of today’s adolescents have little to no connection to their environments or the native plants and animals that share their spaces. This is primarily due to a significant decrease in the amount of time children spend outdoors now, compared with children in the mid to late 20th century, compounded by a lack of natural history and outdoor experiences in schools. Nature journaling is an effective way for life science teachers to get adolescents outside and incorporate nature studies into their lessons. Students engaged in regular, sustained nature journaling could experience an increase in literacy and critical thinking skills, an increase in understanding and connections to their native landscapes, and a decline in anxiety and depression.

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Nature Journaling in the High School Classroom

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The American Biology Teacher

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Reading In and Through Nature: An Outdoor Pedagogy for Reading Literature

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