Steven Touney

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Title: School Gardens as Science Learning Spaces in Urban Communities

Master's Project - 2020 Presentation:  Link to the virtual presentation room Links to an external site.

         Time:  Session 1,  2:10 pm (Central Standard Time)

          Group:  N ew Curricular Approaches

          Audio Link Only via: 1-571-392-7650,  PIN: 192 122 1934

Abstract: 

Gardens have long been the answer to human hunger, whether that be in the form of satiating physical hunger or a hunger for connection with fellow neighbors. However, gardens are now suggested to address a new form of hunger. A hunger for novel science learning in the context of place especially in urban communities that have been systematically barred from outdoor education and an education in which students of color and lower economic status are given agency to direct their education endeavors. Rooted in the history of Black community leaders fighting for fresh and healthy food, school gardens are now expanding their potential as spaces for science education as facilitated by a pedagogy grounded in cultural relevance and social justice.

 

Contact: Steven Touney, stouney@wisc.edu

MS, Curriculum and Instruction, Secondary Science