Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life

Name: Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life
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ISBN: 9780415899826

ISBN-10: 0415899826

ISBN-13: 9780415899826

Edition: 2012

Authors: Dilafruz Williams, Jonathan Brown

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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. The authors creatively place soil at the center of the discourse on sustainability education and learning gardens design and pedagogy. Seven attributes from the metaphor of living soil are presented as a guide: Cultivating a sense of place; Fostering curiosity and wonder; Discovering rhythm and scale; Valuing biocultural diversity; Embracing practical experience; Nurturing interconnectedness; Awakening the senses. The…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 12/16/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



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



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



Practice Comes Alive from the Ground up



Teacher, Principal, and Superintendent Perspectives



Moving Forward


Epilogue


Appendix: Selected Resources and Programs


Bibliography


Index