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In The Nature-Study Idea, Liberty Hyde Bailey articulated the philosophy underlying the nature-study movement in American public schools during the Progressive Era. This edition presents the authoritative text, historical context, related nature-study writings by Bailey, and new appraisals by David W. Orr, Dilafruz R. Williams and John Linstrom.
Foreword / by David W. Orr -- Introduction / by John Linstrom -- Bringing Education to Life and Life to Education : Contemporary Relevance of Bailey's Nature-Study / by Dilafruz R. Williams -- "It Is Spirit" : The Genesis of the Nature-Study Idea / by John Linstrom -- Note on the Text -- The Nature-Study Idea -- Major Sections Restored from the First Edition -- From Part I, Chapter VII: "The Agricultural Phase of Nature-Study" -- Part I, Chapter VIII: "Review" -- From Part III, "Inquiries": "But do you think that this nature-study will make investigators?" -- Reviews of The Nature-Study Idea -- Related Writings -- Note on the Selections -- How a Squash Plant Gets Out of the Seed (1896) -- What Is Nature-Study? : The Bailey/Beal Debate (1897-1904) -- Nature-Study on the Cornell Plan (1901) -- The Common Schools and the Farm-Youth (1907) -- When the Birds Nested (1916) -- The Science Element in Education (1918) -- The Humanistic Element in Education (1918).
Liberty Hyde Bailey ; edited by John Linstrom ; with a foreword by David W. Orr.
Includes bibliographical references and index.