Promoting School Connectedness among Minority Youth through Experience-Based Urban Farming

Autor/inn/en	Fifolt, Matthew; Morgan, Amy Ferguson; Burgess, Zoe Ripple
Titel	Promoting School Connectedness among Minority Youth through Experience-Based Urban Farming
Quelle	In: Journal of Experiential Education, 41 (2018) 2, S.187-203 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8259
DOI	10.1177/1053825917736332
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Nonprofit Organizations; Urban Schools; Agricultural Education; Experiential Learning; Focus Groups; Case Studies; Parent Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Peer Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Interaction; Minority Group Students; Clubs; Elementary Secondary Education; Student Responsibility; Gardening; Self Efficacy; Skill Development; Career Awareness; Qualitative Research; Alabama (Birmingham) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Nonprofit-Organisation; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Elternverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Interaktion; Club; Klub; Gartenarbeit; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Karrierebewusstsein; Qualitative Forschung
Abstract	Background: The public education system in the United States faces significant challenges in understanding and addressing issues of student disengagement among high-poverty youth in urban centers. Academic and community leaders are encouraged to seek new and innovative strategies to engage students in meaningful learning experiences that promote positive affective relationships and involvement in school activities. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore student and parent experiences with Jones Valley Teaching Farm (JVTF), a Birmingham-based 501 (c)(3) nonprofit that sponsors evidence-based activities through school-based urban farming. Methodology/Approach: The research team used a descriptive case study method to conduct semistructured focus group interviews with 33 students and 25 parents. Findings/Conclusions: Findings revealed multiple ways in which school-based urban farms fostered school connectedness by promoting positive relationships, enhancing students' social-emotional growth, and providing students with opportunities to engage in hands-on, experience-based learning. Implications: This study provides important lessons about the value of offering highly interactive and engaging activities to underserved students and families. Students benefited greatly from positive interactions with their peers as well as JVTF staff members who served as mentors and role models. Furthermore, experiences with JVTF encouraged students to become change agents in their own community. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01