Investigating the Effectiveness of Subject-Integrated School Garden Teaching

Autor/inn/en	Christensen, Jacob Højgaard; Wistoft, Karen
Titel	Investigating the Effectiveness of Subject-Integrated School Garden Teaching
Quelle	In: Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 22 (2019) 3, S.237-251 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Christensen, Jacob Højgaard)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2206-3110
DOI	10.1007/s42322-019-00043-5
Schlagwörter	Gardening; Interdisciplinary Approach; Outdoor Education; Mathematics Instruction; Science Instruction; Second Language Instruction; Program Effectiveness; Experiential Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gartenarbeit; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Freiluftunterricht; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen
Abstract	This article maps out existing research regarding the effectiveness of subject-integrated school garden teaching. The school subjects of interest are mathematics, languages and science, and subject integration is defined as a link between these subjects and school garden teaching. The article is based on an integrative review and is derived from existing research, which claims that teaching in school gardens has a predominantly positive influence on students' academic learning outcome. However, experimental studies indicate that some programmes are less effective than more traditional teaching in the subjects concerned. The review extracts and discusses factors that are consistently regarded as vital to ensure the effectiveness of school garden teaching in terms of the integration of mathematics, languages and science. It is concluded that developing a school garden curriculum is essential with a view to planning, carrying out and evaluating subject-integrated school garden teaching. The teaching should include experiential learning and hands-on activities as teaching methods, making the subject content less abstract, stimulating the students' senses, and increasing the feeling of meaningfulness. Furthermore, collaboration across subjects and links between indoor and outdoor teaching are central factors in ensuring the effectiveness of subject-integrated school garden teaching. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01