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Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education

Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life

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Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements PART I: LEARNING GARDENS, LIVING SOIL, AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION Introduction: Modern Imperatives for Life and Learning Learning Gardens and Life's Lessons Living Soil as Metaphorical Construct for Education PART II: LEARNING GARDENS PRINCIPLES LINKING PEDAGOGY AND PEDOLOGY Cultivating a Sense of Place Fostering Curiosity and Wonder Discovering Rhythm and Scale Valuing Biocultural Diversity Embracing Practical Experience Nurturing Interconnectedness Awakening the Senses PART III: PRACTICE COMES ALIVE FROM THE GROUND UP Teacher, Principal, and Superintendent Perspectives Moving Forward Appendix: Selected Resources and Programs References Index

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Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education, Dilafruz Williams, Jonathan Brown

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2011
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Titolo
Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education
Sottotitolo
Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Routledge
Pubblicato
2011
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
222
ISBN13
9780415899826
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Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements PART I: LEARNING GARDENS, LIVING SOIL, AND SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION Introduction: Modern Imperatives for Life and Learning Learning Gardens and Life's Lessons Living Soil as Metaphorical Construct for Education PART II: LEARNING GARDENS PRINCIPLES LINKING PEDAGOGY AND PEDOLOGY Cultivating a Sense of Place Fostering Curiosity and Wonder Discovering Rhythm and Scale Valuing Biocultural Diversity Embracing Practical Experience Nurturing Interconnectedness Awakening the Senses PART III: PRACTICE COMES ALIVE FROM THE GROUND UP Teacher, Principal, and Superintendent Perspectives Moving Forward Appendix: Selected Resources and Programs References Index