Why Forest Gardening for Children? Swedish Forest Garden Educators' Ideas, Purposes, and Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Almers, Ellen; Askerlund, Per; Kjellström, Sofia
Titel	Why Forest Gardening for Children? Swedish Forest Garden Educators' Ideas, Purposes, and Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Environmental Education, 49 (2018) 3, S.242-259 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-8964
DOI	10.1080/00958964.2017.1373619
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Outdoor Education; Environmental Education; Gardening; Elementary School Students; Semi Structured Interviews; Observation; Sustainability; Qualitative Research; Ecology; Discovery Learning; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Freiluftunterricht; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Gartenarbeit; Beobachtung; Nachhaltigkeit; Qualitative Forschung; Ökologie; Entdeckendes Lernen; Schweden
Abstract	Utilizing forest gardens as urban settings for outdoor environmental education in Sweden is a new practice. These forest gardens combine qualities of a forest, e.g., multi-layered polyculture vegetation, with those of a school garden, such as accessibility and food production. The study explores both the perceived qualities of forest gardens in comparison to other outdoor settings and forest garden educators' ideas, purposes, and experiences of activities in a three-year forest gardening project with primary school children. The data were collected through interviews and observations and analyzed qualitatively. Four reported ideas were to give children opportunities to: feel a sense of belonging to a whole; experience self-regulation and systemic dependence; experience that they can co-create with non-human organisms; and imagine possible transformation of places. Four pedagogical forest garden features are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01