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Ripe for Change: Garden-Based Learning in Schools
Ripe for Change: Garden-Based Learning in Schools takes a big-picture view of the school garden movement and the state of garden-based learning in public K–8 education. The book frames the garden movement for educators and shows how school gardens have the potential to be a significant resource for teaching and learning. In this inviting and accessible book, the author:
  • Summarizes the current school gardening movement and the emerging field of garden-based learning
  • Provides an overview of the origins, benefits, and barriers to school gardening
  • Explores sustainable models for garden-based learning
  • Includes five case studies of successful partnerships between urban districts and nonprofit school gardening organizations around the countryIllustrates how gardens can be used for integrating  academic lessons aligned with the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards
  • Includes examples of important tools available for assessing the impact of school gardens
Ripe for Change reveals a wealth of resources to show how garden-based learning is being implemented in a systematic way in public education, and offers next steps to widen and deepen the practice to reach children in all schools.
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Ripe for Change: Garden-Based Learning in Schools
Ripe for Change: Garden-Based Learning in Schools takes a big-picture view of the school garden movement and the state of garden-based learning in public K–8 education. The book frames the garden movement for educators and shows how school gardens have the potential to be a significant resource for teaching and learning. In this inviting and accessible book, the author:
  • Summarizes the current school gardening movement and the emerging field of garden-based learning
  • Provides an overview of the origins, benefits, and barriers to school gardening
  • Explores sustainable models for garden-based learning
  • Includes five case studies of successful partnerships between urban districts and nonprofit school gardening organizations around the countryIllustrates how gardens can be used for integrating  academic lessons aligned with the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards
  • Includes examples of important tools available for assessing the impact of school gardens
Ripe for Change reveals a wealth of resources to show how garden-based learning is being implemented in a systematic way in public education, and offers next steps to widen and deepen the practice to reach children in all schools.
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Overview

Ripe for Change: Garden-Based Learning in Schools takes a big-picture view of the school garden movement and the state of garden-based learning in public K–8 education. The book frames the garden movement for educators and shows how school gardens have the potential to be a significant resource for teaching and learning. In this inviting and accessible book, the author:
  • Summarizes the current school gardening movement and the emerging field of garden-based learning
  • Provides an overview of the origins, benefits, and barriers to school gardening
  • Explores sustainable models for garden-based learning
  • Includes five case studies of successful partnerships between urban districts and nonprofit school gardening organizations around the countryIllustrates how gardens can be used for integrating  academic lessons aligned with the Common Core State Standards and Next Generation Science Standards
  • Includes examples of important tools available for assessing the impact of school gardens
Ripe for Change reveals a wealth of resources to show how garden-based learning is being implemented in a systematic way in public education, and offers next steps to widen and deepen the practice to reach children in all schools.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781612507736
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Publication date: 11/14/2017
Series: HEL Impact Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 168
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

Jane S. Hirschi is the founding director of CitySprouts, a school garden program that started in two Cambridge, Massachusetts, public schools in 2001 and now operates in twenty public schools in Cambridge and Boston.

Ms. Hirschi is a vocal champion for school gardens, particularly the need for garden-based learning in low-resourced, urban schools. She has spoken to and written for—audiences as diverse as the business community, public school educators, parents, and children. She’s planted a lot of gardens in her life, mostly small ones, and maintained a compost bin wherever she’s lived. She now resides with her husband and two daughters in Cambridge.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Foreward by David Sobel vii

INTRODUCTION
Garden-Based Learning for a Changing World 1

CHAPTER 1
The Origins and Benefits of School Gardening 13

CHAPTER 2
What Learning Looks Like in the Garden: Making Connections Across Subjects and Grade Levels 25

CHAPTER 3
Barriers to Integrating Gardens in Schools 39

CHAPTER 4
Five Models for Garden-Based Learning 47
  • Boston Schoolyard Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts 48
  • REAL School Gardens, North Texas 56
  • CitySprouts, Cambridge, Massachusetts 63
  • Education Outside, San Francisco, California 70
  • OSSE School Garden Program, Washington, DC 75
CHAPTER 5
Lessons for Districtwide Garden Programs 81

CHAPTER 6
Policy and the Future of Garden-Based Learning 93

Chapter 7
Ripe for Change: Three Things Educators Can Do and Three Lessons They Can Apply 107

APPENDIX A
Sample Teacher Usage Surveys 123

APPENDIX B
Cambridge Public Schools Curriculum Connections 131

APPENDIX C
OSSE School Garden Assessment Template 133

Resources 139
Notes 141
Acknowledgments 147
About the Author 149
Index 151
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