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- Title
Elementary School Garden Programs Enhance Science Education for All Learners.
- Authors
Rye, James A.; Selmer, Sarah J.; Pennington, Sara; Vanhorn, Laura; Fox, Sarah; Kane, Sara
- Abstract
The article discusses garden-based learning (GBL) for students with disabilities, which involves teaching science topics to elementary students through the maintenance of a school garden. GBL is reported to encourage scientific inquiry, unification of scientific concepts, and motor skills, as well as teaching physics, life sciences, and the difference between natural and technological science. The book "How to Grow a School Garden" by A. Bucklin-Sporer and R. Pringle is recommended, and administrative support, teacher development, and program implementation are discussed. A kindergarten teacher's account of making salsa from the class garden is presented, and vermicomposting is suggested as a companion to gardening instruction.
- Subjects
SCHOOL gardens; GARDENS &; education; ACTIVITY programs in nature study; SCIENCE education (Elementary); STUDENTS with disabilities; STUDY &; teaching of scientific method; ACTIVE learning; TEACHER development; GARDENING
- Publication
Teaching Exceptional Children, 2012, Vol 44, Issue 6, p58
- ISSN
0040-0599
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/004005991204400606