Why Garden in Schools?

Why Garden in Schools? - Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780367681449
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 372.35
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 140
Weight: 206g
Height: 139mm
Width: 216mm
Spine width: 11mm