Mathematical and Experimental Science Education from the School Garden: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Practice

Autor/inn/en	Monferrer, Lidón; Lorenzo-Valentín, Gil; Santágueda-Villanueva, María
Titel	Mathematical and Experimental Science Education from the School Garden: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations for Practice
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 12 (2022), Artikel 47 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lorenzo-Valentín, Gil) ORCID (Santágueda-Villanueva, María)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Gardening; Health Promotion; Science Education; Mathematics Education; Educational Research; Nutrition; Interdisciplinary Approach; Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Preadolescents; Elementary School Students; Spain; United States; Bangladesh; Netherlands; Greece; Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gartenarbeit; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Mathematische Bildung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ernährung; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Elementarunterricht; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Spanien; USA; Bangladesch; Niederlande; Griechenland
Abstract	The much-needed interest in promoting a healthy lifestyle among school-age students has found a context for development: school gardens. There are numerous studies where using gardens as a teaching-learning context also improves students' performance in the experimental sciences. In this study, we proposed another interest that sets it apart and adds motivation: combining curricular mathematics with experimental science content in this context. The search for possible studies in the scientific literature has gave rise to the review presented herein. From this review, we obtained 21 studies, from which we extracted a series of categories: whether research was undertaken and with which tools; which curricular contents were covered and the impact produced; the ages of the participants and duration of the project; and, finally, whether the garden was cultivated. The main conclusion of this search was the lack of a clear line of research linking school gardens, the experimental sciences, and mathematics, in addition to the scant presence of studies framed in this context. For that reason, we send a call to action to the scientific community encouraging the interdisciplinarity of the two aforementioned subjects within the context of school gardens. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01