Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education
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pp. 8-11
Abstract
TI1e ideas behind Richard Louv's "nature deficit disorder" (NDD) are all too familiar to outdoor and environmental educators. Many quietly asserted that the children and nature interaction needed attention years before Last Child in the Woods came off the presses. The virtue of Louv's work is not in its novelty, but in its ability to communicate and attract attention from a wider audience. And this increased attention has provided an important moment for outdoor educators. At the New York State Outdoor Education Association' s (NYSOEA) annual conference in October 2006, a large group of practitioners sat to discuss nature deficit disorder and what outdoor educators can do about it.
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Josh Bochniak
(2006)
"Curing Nature Deficit Disorder,"
Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 16:
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2, Article 4.
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