Building Teacher Leaders and Sustaining Local Communities Through a Collaborative Farm to School Education Project—What EcoJustice Work Can PreService Teachers Do?

2014 ◽  
pp. 83-97
Author(s):  
Patricia Bricker ◽  
Emily Jackson ◽  
Russell Binkley
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Teacher Leaders ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
School Education ◽  
Farm To School ◽  
Education Project

Ants as an Experiential Learning Strategy in Preschool Teacher Training

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-154
Author(s):  
Rosa María Gálvez Esteban ◽  
Beatriz Bravo Torija ◽  
Jose Manuel Pérez Martín
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Preschool Teachers ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Preschool Teacher ◽  
Education Project ◽  
Teaching Resource ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Living Organisms

In this chapter, the authors present the results of a project designed for 41 preservice preschool teachers to introduce the concept of living things as an experiential learning strategy in the classroom. The need to approach this concept from a different perspective prompted the design of an education project involving the introduction of insects into classroom as a teaching resource. An informative storyline was used for project launch presentation. The questions they strive to answer in this chapter are related with what concepts of living organisms and what inquiry stages will preservice teachers consider their pupils will carry out during the project. Relevant concepts that are usually not much covered in the preschool curriculum such as the life cycles of animals were considered by 23 participants. Twenty-five of the future teachers claimed that they would be able to work on every inquiry step if they implemented this project in the classroom.

Farm-to-school education grants reach low-income children and encourage them to learn about fruits and vegetables

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 910-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline B Rains ◽  
Kristen C Giombi ◽  
Anupama Joshi
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
School Education ◽  
Farm To School ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Low Income Children ◽  
Grant Program

Oregon’s Farm to School Education Grant Program reached students in low-income districts, enabled districts to conduct farm to school educational activities, and allowed children to learn about local produce.

Preparing Native American Special Education Teachers: Lessons Learned from the Rural Special Education Project

1997 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Delany-Barmann ◽  
Greg Prater ◽  
Sam Minner
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Native American ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Navajo Nation ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Education Project

Twelve Navajo preservice teachers in the Rural Special Education Project on the Navajo Nation in Kayenta, Arizona, shared their perceptions regarding the factors which enabled them and constrained them as they completed a special education teacher preparation program. Several themes emerged during the process of interviewing the students including the importance of cultural teachings and family support; the influence of language factors, financial constraints, and cultural responsibilities; and the lack of availability of educational opportunities on the Navajo Nation. Each of these factors is discussed in this article and recommendations are made for others interested in establishing successful teacher preparation programs for Native American students.

scholarly journals Art as "Connective Aesthetic": Creating Sites for Community Collaboration

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-86
Author(s):  
Suzanne Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Community Collaboration ◽  
Arts Organizations ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Education Project ◽  
Cultural Arts ◽  
The University

This paper discusses a community-based arts education project that develops partnerships between the university and cultural arts organizations. Collaboration is inspired between preservice teachers and multidisciplinary artists by engaging these two groups in the educational process. The author advocates the use of art as a heuristic tool for examining social worlds. She demonstrates how art as "connective aesthetic" creates sites for community collaboration and provides impetus for transformation and social change.

scholarly journals Oregon Farm to School Education Grants Reach 20,000 Children and Improve Produce Acceptability

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. S4
Author(s):  
Kristen Giombi ◽  
Caroline Rains ◽  
Anupama Joshi ◽  
Maximilian Merrill ◽  
Jean Wiecha
Keyword(s):  
School Education ◽  
Farm To School

Radio for Social Development

2008 ◽  
pp. 1506-1512
Author(s):  
Patrick Craddock ◽  
Peggy Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Drama Education ◽  
Radio Drama ◽  
Education Project ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Specific Health

“Tell me a story” is an established educational technique. “Tell me a story” using radio is an application of this technique, but instead of having one or several listeners, it is possible to reach thousands or millions of people throughout both urban and rural areas. The Archers, was a British radio drama serial that started its life with educational objectives and has been broadcasting for decades to a large dedicated audience of millions (Gallagher, 1975). This article will describe how a radio drama education project expanded into small local communities, each with its own community radio station, and how the actors in the radio drama addressed specific health issues of a particular area through the use of live performances.

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