The Impacts of a School Garden Program on Urban Middle School Youth

Autor/inn/en	Duncan, Dennis W.; Collins, Ashley; Fuhrman, Nicholas E.; Knauft, David Alan; Berle, David C.
Titel	The Impacts of a School Garden Program on Urban Middle School Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 57 (2016) 4, S.174-185 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	Gardening; School Activities; Program Effectiveness; Urban Youth; Urban Schools; Middle School Students; Statistical Analysis; Questionnaires; Agricultural Education; Experiential Learning; Food; Case Studies; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gartenarbeit; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; School; Schools; Schule; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Statistische Analyse; Fragebogen; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Lebensmittel; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	School gardens have been an active part of United States schools since 1890, when the first school garden was established in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Since the turn of the 20th century school gardens have greatly expanded to include inner city schools in some of the largest metropolitan areas of the country. Since the early 1990s, school gardens have continued to rise in popularity and have been incorporated into the curriculum for state departments across the US. The purpose of this study was to determine what aspect (planting, maintaining, harvesting, cooking, etc.) of an urban school garden program had the greatest positive outcome (educational, personal, etc.) on urban middle school youth. A quantitative questionnaire was used to measure the outcomes on students (n = 31) who worked in an urban school garden through the enrollment of their agriscience connections course. Data analysis indicated that the cultivation construct had the greatest positive outcome on urban middle school youth; students who had a family garden were more interested in participating in the school garden; and students greatly enjoyed the culinary aspects of school garden programs, with all construct items having at least 60% of respondents agreeing or strongly agreeing with each statement. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Agricultural Education. P.O. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: http://www.aaaeonline.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01