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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"School garden"”.
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Effect of an After-School Garden Club Program on Elementary Students
… this study was to determine if three elementary school garden club programs influenced students' attitudes and behaviors regarding fruit and vegetable consumption. Both quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis took place, in the form of pretest and posttest questionnaires as well …
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Adult volunteer retention in an after-school garden club setting : a case study
Once a fixture of American schoolyards during the early 1900’s, school gardens in the United States are again growing in popularity. It is estimated that one-fourth of all public and private schools in the U.S. have a school garden. Funding, teacher involvement, support of the principal, volunteer …
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The impact of a school garden on fruit and vegetable availability at home for elementary children
… of this study was to explore the impact of a school garden on the home availability of FV and on household food security of elementary children. A secondary aim of the study was to examine the impact of both the school garden and parental FV consumption on children’s FV preferences and …
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Cultivating a Caring, Environmental Self: Using the Figured World Concept to Explore Children's Environmental Identity Production in a Public School Garden Space
… as they participated in an emergent, public school garden space. The children's histories, choices, personal and social experiences, expressions, and corresponding narratives are explored alongside the garden structure and social context to unpack the individualized and layered nature of …
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The impact of an after-school garden enhanced nutrition education (gene) program on skin carotenoids as a measure of vegetable consumption on diverse, low-income children
… scores, and anthropometric changes among school-aged children participating in the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Houston. Two locations of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston were chosen: Havard and Morefield. Children participated in 10 weekly sessions of the Learn, Grow, Eat and …
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Destination education: A place-based look at the influences of school gardens
<p>Teachers in elementary schools have increasingly been required to follow pacing guides, given directives on what curriculum to use, and are provided standardized assessments to measure student learning. Curricula used by elementary teachers rarely address the environmental degradation plaguing …
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Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Practices in Garden-Based Education at Secondary School Campuses
Garden-based education (GBE) in the United States offers a multitude of student benefits such as improved motivation, connection to nature, and awareness of healthy nutritional choices. What appears to be missing in literature and practice is representation of diverse student and family cultural …
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Corporal Punishment in Zanzibar Primary Schools. ACase of Kisiwandui Primary School, Zanzibar
… to investigate types of CP exercised in primary schools, their effects and alternative methods to be used.The study used 105 respondents who included students, parents, teachers and Ministry of Education officials. Data was collected through interview schedules, questionnaires and documentary …
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Three Ecologies of Practice: An Intra-active Account of Learning by Doing
… through experimental practices in an urban school. The three methodologies will be discussed in relation to the planning, designing, and engagement with an urban school garden. Concerned with the materialization of practices, the thesis emphasizes embodied experiences and more-than-human …
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How do I facilitate pupil oral language development by using iPads as a learning tool with junior infants?
… to my practice. My context of teaching in a DEIS school influenced the values I identified. The data collection methods I used were qualitative for example reflective journal, teacher observation, focus groups with pupils and interviews with class teachers. Professional dialogue with my critical …
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Instructional School Gardens: Opportunities for and Barriers to Scaling
<p>When children are engaged in school gardens, they aren’t just digging in the dirt. School gardens have been shown to help improve student health by impacting food preferences and physical activity; to enhance learning in many subject areas; to encourage critical thinking skills by utilizing …
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The impact of fetal alcohol syndrome on a child's classroom performance : a case study of a rural South African school
… of learners with FAS in a rural South African school. The study was conducted at Elizabethfontein Primary School (EFPS), a farm school near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape. The sample comprises of all 170 learners in Grade 1 to Grade 4. A prevalence rate of FAS of 124 per 1000 (12.4%) was …