...between people and nature. Interpretation can be seen as a process of narrowing this divide by building “bridges”, across unfamiliar territory, to places of deeper care and understanding. The definition of interpretation is: A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something. The interpreter is one who develops the meaning of a place and the living things, its processes and human interactions. Interpretation happens in many ways, from guided tours to brochures, signboards, slideshows, live performances and many others. Without hands-on experience, it is impossible for someone to acquire a deeper understanding of the natural world. Interpretation delivers multiple perspectives in a culturally compassionate way. The main function of an interpretation center is to promote a creative learning atmosphere, seeking to reveal to the visitors the significance of cultural or historical heritage of the surrounding environment. The main objective is nature education. This is achieved by hosting tours of the land/sea-scape, informative classes and hands on interaction with the environment, in an effort to create awareness and promote biodiversity, conservation and ecotourism. Usually located within a protected open space, these “nature” centers often have trails through their property. Some centers are located within a state or city park, and some contain facilities where various plants are cultivated for exhibition. Their properties can be characterized as nature preserves and...
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...Naturalism in The Call of the Wild Jack London was born on January 12, 1876 to a working class family. He had to deal with a hard life from a very young age, but his constant struggling got him through most of the difficulties and by the age of 30, he was internationally famous for his books Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea Wolf (1904) and other successful literay works. Though he wrote passionately about the great questions of life and death and the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, he also sought peace and quiet inspiration. He wished society to be reformed that he expressed through his writings. His stories of high adventure were based on his own experiences at sea, in the Yukon Territory, and in the fields and factories of California. Similar to a number of writers at that time, he died young, at the age of 40, impoverished (again), sick and suffering from alcoholism. To this day it is still unclear if he the cause of death was accidental morphine overdose or he commited suicide. He as well was a fairly controversial person, so that different authors look at him in various ways: ”The basic law of his thinking was logic. His literary style was the clear, obvious and unmistakable sentences of the beautiful English language. ’The Call of the Wild’ serves as the reference book of English stylistics on Sorbonne. He was the man of facts: not to be afraid of looking inside of the eyes of reality, a great view of life. But Jack London's inner debates did...
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...The concept of “nature” has an abounding quantity of meanings and, even though none of them has to be taken as characteristic of Romanticism, its importance cannot be denied. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, nature is “all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, and growth”. However, Marcel Isnard stated in Nature (1992) that “nature also means the principle or power that animates or even creates the objects of nature, and we speak of the laws of nature, sometimes spelt Nature.” (p. 185). Marcel continues with the idea that the interest of the Romantics in...
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...scientific education (Morrish, 1967). The term naturalism can also be called materialism (Singh, 2007). Jean Jacques Rousseau was one of the famous nature philosophers of the 18th century. The theory of naturalism revolves around nature. The naturalists emphasised the nature of the child. According to the naturalists education should be according to the nature of the child, Rousseau has played a great role in this regard (Sahu, 2002). In 1759, Rousseau published his famous book “Emile” which contained Rousseau’s ideas on naturalism. Emile means boy in French. In this novel Rousseau focuses on the private education of the boy (Shahid, 2000). Rousseau considered world as an artificial, autocratic, egotistic and arrogant place and Rousseau believed that education should be given according to the natural interest of the child aiming at a holistic development of the personality . Nature is the best teacher and means of education according to Rousseau (Singh, 2007). Philosophy of Education: Rousseau's philosophy of education is naturalistic (Shahid, 2000). According to naturalists education is the process of development of a natural life (Seetharamu, 2004). Rousseau believed that education does not only mean to memorize or store information and knowledge rather it is the process which results in the development of the child’s nature and personality internally. Rousseau’s philosophy of education best ensures that the pupil will absorb information and concepts. (Shahid, 2000). Naturalism...
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...Feb. 19, 2013 A Formal Analysis of John Constable’s Seascape with Sailing Vessels on the Horizon John Constable is one of the first Romantic artists to view landscapes for their own beauty. He painted during the Industrial Revolution and as a result viewed industrialization as the degradation of the natural environment. Constable’s dystopic view of the Industrial Revolution is evident in his paintings in which he juxtaposes elements of the natural world and industrial world to convey a certain message. In his painting Seascape with Sailing Vessels on the Horizon, Constable contrasts the pollution of the sea with the serene, vast sky to depict the grandeur of nature and its tenacity even in the face of industrialization. Constable noticeably uses color to describe the contaminated and tumultuous waves of the sea in opposition to the glowing and still sky. The viewer’s eyes first jump to the tide hitting the beach and creating a splash of water at the forefront of the painting. The colors used at this location are navy, mustard yellow, brown, grey, and creamy-white. These colors in the sea connote to filthy, muddled water. Furthermore, there are a couple of distinct dashes of deep, dark grey colors at the splash site that add to the effect of making the water seem dirty. The colors in the sea are most intense at this splash site but the viewer also notices specks of burgundy through out the sea that confirm the pollution and impure composition of the sea. In contrast...
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...Observation The student is considered a novice as an observer of children. The student observes children to gain practice and understanding in child development. Students have an obligation to protect children and respect school personnel. Observers are usually visitors in the classroom. The observer must keep in mind that they are a disruption to the regular processes in the classroom and they should respect the classroom teacher’s direction. The protection of the child’s rights in any type of child study is important. Regardless of the procedure used to collect information, the child’s protection is paramount. The child must not come to any harm (physical or mental) through participation in the observation process. Confidentiality must be utilized at all times. Talking about children and families with others outside of class or with the classroom teacher is prohibited. Please use fictitious names in written reports. Any concerns about a child’s safety should be addressed immediately with the classroom teacher or other responsible party. Observation tells us about children’s behavior – what they are doing. If we want to understand children’s development in school settings then we should observe them in those settings. Observation that takes place in a natural environment is referred to as naturalistic observation. Qualities of a Good Observer: · Recognize personal bias and preconceived assumptions about children. · Stay focus for a long period...
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...world. The poet uses visual imagery that opposes one and another, in order for her to create this image of destruction of nature by mankind. At the beginning of the poem, before humans intervened, the countryside was “blooming, tossing” and the “flowers lie low’. These words make nature have an ambiance of calmness, zen, peacefulness and harmony as nature is not disturbed by anything. But this visual image will soon change, as suddenly everything is “swept away by wheat’, meaning that this peacefully countryside is intervened by human activity. This creates an image of nature suddenly being attacked and confronted with mankind and its intentions. The changing of fields into wheat plantation is an example of one of many mankind’s’ intention (this being colonization and industry). The author also uses contracting tone in order for her to convey feelings about human destruction. Like with the visual imagery, the tone of poem is very happy and serene, as nature is free to do whatever it wants. This is shown by using words like “tossing, blooming” and perfumed grass “ which create this freedom which nature has. But this freedom of nature shall soon be confronted with mankind as suddenly “the locomotives sing”, which shows signs that humans are intervening with the harmony of nature. As now loud locomotives are now in the same environment as nature. The tone of the poem shall...
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...Virginia is an environmentally diverse state and has five regions known as the Blue Ridge Mountain, Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Valley and Ridge, and Appalachian Plateau. The population of Virginia relies on natural resources and drives the economy through ecotourism, beautiful sceneries, mining, hunting, and fishing. With all the resources come challenges; State of Virginia stresses and urges the public and organizations in protecting environmental quality and preserving natural resources. Assateague Island National Seashore is one of the national parks in Virginia providing a variety of resources to the population and the government aims for its restoration. Assateague Island National Seashore is part of the Coastal Plain Region also known as the Tidewater region of Virginia. The Coastal Plain Region is an important ecological part of Virginia and is home to many productive agriculture, residents, and businesses. Assateague Island National Seashore is comparatively small with less than 18,000 acres, but a surprising range of resources and habitats can be found on the park. The national park stretches for about 37 miles along the coasts of Maryland and Virginia surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the eastside. Assateague Island National Seashore holds prosperity of natural features and habitats. Within the park, there is a variety of ponds that provide water for the natural world well into the dry summer months. These ponds form during rainy periods providing fresh water to the...
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...Glacier National Park is a natural beauty located in Montana that draws tourist wanting to experience hard and soft ecotourism. It is also a location where tourist can seek out nature, wildlife, and adventure tourism. The vast area is home to 762 lakes, dozens of glaciers, waterfalls, and trails for hikers. The park has even been named the world’s first peace parks because of the tranquility (National Geographic, 2012). Glacier National Park has been untouched until mining, oil searching, housing, and logging projects have been proposed. The once undisturbed park now has a potential threat to its wildlife and natural and environment. Unless the projects are kept minimal or diminished altogether, Glacier National Park will lose its natural appeal for ecotourism. The persistence of mining and the search for oil is a hazard to the environment of the park and logging or housing depletes the nature of the park. It is extremely important for the park that these activities be limited to ensure the quality of the future for this park. The only way the park can maintain nature and the natural environment it possesses is to sustain the area so it remains untouched. The involvement of the U.S. Forest Service, government, and the Blackfeet Tribe are essential in protecting the park. The Blackfeet Tribe has controlled this area for the past two centuries and they are a key part in sustaining the park as well as the rich culture of the park (National Geographic, 2012). These entities are...
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...What is Science? Science is the collective human effort to better understand the history of the natural world and how it works, using the basis of observed physical evidence to derive this understanding. It is done through experimentation using simulation of natural processes under controlled environments. An ecologist observing the territorial behaviors of bluebirds and a geologist examining the distribution of fossils in an outcrop are both examples of scientists making observations in order to find patterns in natural phenomena. They just do it outdoors and thus entertain the general public with their behavior. A primary aim of science is to collect facts. What Is Medicine? The term medicine is used to refer to the science of healing, as well as any substance that is used to treat diseases and promote health. Today there is a variety of different health care professions that use medicine as a tool to improve and maintain health. The use of medicine and plants with medicinal properties has taken place since the prehistoric times when people believed that herbs and animal parts could help heal sick and injured people. Many countries around the world such as Egypt, India, Persia, and China have been developing traditional medical practices for hundreds of years. Since then the use of medicine has become greatly intertwined with most people’s lives and it is often used on a daily basis by many people in order to help with things such as lowering blood pressure or cholesterol...
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...Billy Elliot Analysis template |Description of scene: Opening scene: Mood, direction of plot and characterisation is established. | |Scene numbers: One, two, three | |Link to Into the World focus: Billy’s natural world is established | |Action |Film techniques used |Meaning conveyed | |Billy puts record onto record player. He |Extreme close up. There is no sound. |There is a sense of anticipation. The | |begins playing the song. |Costume: Billy is dressed simply, |audience is waiting for something to happen| |( to 1 min; 14 secs) |predominately in a bright yellow singlet. |and wondering what it will be. | | |The singlet symbolises both childhood | | | |(children wear singlets) and his working | | | |class background (‘working class’ men | | | |stereotypically wear singlets). It is also | ...
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...The Weaknesses and Strengths of Common Sense and Science as Sources of Knowledge There are many sources of knowledge as the society progresses. In this case, the most controversial question would be whether or not common sense can be accounted as a reliable source of knowledge? Although both common sense and science can be taken into account as sources of knowledge, I will argue that to some extent common sense and scientific knowledge are still very different from one another. That is, scientific knowledge is much more highly valued and reliable than common sense. By definition, common sense is a knowledge that is developed from daily basis, and is primarily based on the viewer’s observation, while scientific knowledge is generated from a constant formal of testing in the real world. In this essay, I will discuss the weaknesses and strengths of common sense and scientific knowledge and defend my position for why scientific knowledge is generally regarded as more reliable and authoritative than common sense. In this section, I will discuss the main strengths of common sense and science. Arthur E. Murphy, an American philosopher, believed that the ability to learn by experience is the most fundamental factor in our intellectual progress. On one hand, namely, common sense is both common and sensible. That is, common sense beliefs can be easily observed by individuals and it is rather comprehensible. Science, on the other hand, uses a rational methodology. Also, along with...
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...From the end of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of World War I, great developments in technology and knowledge brought about significant changes in the way man viewed time and space. The necessity of clear train schedules led to the development of World Standard Time and the plurality of private time. In regards to space, with which this paper deals, man moved into other subjective realms beyond the two and three dimensions described by Euclid. In fact, with Einstein's theory of relativity, the number of spaces inherent in life increased beyond calculation to equal the number of moving reference systems of all the matter in the universe. This theory echoes Nietzche's contemporary philosophical theory of perspectivism, where space only consists of points of view and interpretations, not objective facts. Thus, these two doctrines signaled a breakdown of the old notion that there is a single reality, a single, absolute space. Space became subjective and relative, man could not be sure of what it was that actually surrounded him and made up his physical world. Creative artists, painters and novelists, attempted to deal with this new concept. Attacks were made on traditional notions that there is only one space and that a single point of view is equal to an understanding. Writers, specifically, responded with multiple perspectives depicting different views of the same objects in space in order...
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...Data Collection Techniques The data collection technique I have chosen is observational research otherwise known as field research. The generalizability would be to ascertain how a certain group reacts to, or is motivated by certain social settings to obtain a desired outcome. What causes certain people to behave a certain way or react differently from others in different social settings and what the effect it may have on a social standing. My chosen data collection technique would involve observing subjects in a normal, natural environment in which they would interact without outside influences. There are mutlitple aspects of the observational technique. The complete participant would be one who goes in unnoticed and the subjects have no idea they are being observed. There is the complete observer who watches from a distance either behind a mirror or by blending in to the natural scenery. Then there is the participant observer who lets the subjects know that s/he is performing research and the subjects are aware of being watched. The strengths of being able to observe subjects in a natural setting is that more information is able to be observed imparting important clues as to the impact of context on behavior. It’s also useful whereas subjects that would be unable to fill out surveys such as small children can be observed. The weaknesses, however, is that only small groups at a time can be observed in this setting. It also has the lackluster of being the most intensive kind...
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...Nature as a Teacher Teacher is a person who gives us knowledge. But a teacher need not always be a person, just like: NATURE acts a perfect teacher to us. The trees, the skies, the stars, the oceans & the animals, all teach us something in some way. The knowledge given by nature is just like any lesson given by a teacher. But the lessons give us an idea about the morals & mechanism of life. Nature being a teacher & a mother to us teaches us these various paths through both her beauty & fury. Mother Nature’s widespread beauty has different horizons through which she manages to give us basic values of life just like a teacher & a mother. Whenever the seasons change from the withering leaves in autumn, chilling & lifeless winter, colourful flowers blooming in spring to the bright sun shining in summer, she teaches us how we all will have varied phrases of life and how these changes are inevitable. Also by the constant change of day & night, she tells us that we should not lose hope during the dark times because happier times are bound to come back as nothing in life stays forever. Also after every gloomy rain shower, there will be a rainbow to show us the forthcoming sunny days. She teaches us that after every bad experience, a ray of hope will appear to beautify things. The ever flowing rivers and oceans teach us how life keeps on going regardless of the various obstacles which can be overcome with strength & courage of heart. The way little creature...
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