This book delves into the complex history of the gardening movement
in schools and examines the question why gardens should be built in
schools. It offers practical guidance for teachers to begin
thinking about how to approach educational gardening. A resurgence
of interest in school gardens is linked to concerns about
children’s health, food knowledge, lack of outdoor play and
contact with the natural world. This book warns against simplistic
one-best approaches and makes a case about the complexity of
gardening in schools. It is the first critical attempt to address
the complex and conflicting notions about school gardens and to
tackle the question ‘what is the problem to which school gardens
are the answer?’ Examining the educational theory in which
gardening has been explained and advocated, the book explores the
way contemporary gardens research has been conducted with specific
questions such as ‘what works well in school gardens?’ Based on
case studies of a school establishing a garden and another one
maintaining a garden, chapters look at the way in which schools
come to frame their gardens. The authors suggest that there are
four issues to consider when setting up a school garden or
evaluating a pre-existing one – wider social context, public
policy, the whole school, and the formal and informal curriculum.
The book ends with a call for consideration of the ways in which
school gardens can be built, the myriad practices that constitute
an educational garden space and the challenges of maintaining a
school garden over the long term. It will be of interest to
teachers in primary schools, as well as a key point of reference
for scholars, academics and students researching school gardens.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| First published: |
2021 |
| Authors: |
Lexi Earl
• Pat Thomson
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
140 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-68144-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-367-68144-7 |
| Barcode: |
9780367681449 |
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