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School Gardening Activities as Contextual Scaffolding for Learning Science: Participatory Action Research in a Community School in Nepal

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • المصدر:
      18
    • Education Level:
      Elementary Education
      Grade 6
      Intermediate Grades
      Middle Schools
      Grade 7
      Junior High Schools
      Secondary Education
    • الموضوع:
      Gardening; Science Instruction; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Learning Processes; Scientific Concepts; Grade 6; Grade 7; Science Teachers; Group Discussion; Intervention; Parent Participation; Barriers; Science Curriculum; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Active Learning; Learner Engagement; Concept Formation; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
    • الموضوع:
      Nepal
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1080/09650792.2020.1850494
    • ISSN:
      0965-0792
      1747-5074
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Literature on school education suggests that teaching and learning science in basic level community schools in Nepal is largely theoretical. Consequently, achievement levels and the understanding of concepts of science is much below policy expectations. This paper builds on a shift from dogmatic lecturing to activity-based pedagogy using school gardening as contextual scaffolding for learning science in community schools in central Nepal. Five focus group discussions and observations were carried out among sixth and seventh graders, science teachers, and parents of an action (intervention) school located in the Chitwan district of Nepal, with support from the NORHED/Rupantaran project. At the beginning of the PAR project, the barriers associated with startup gardening activities were time allocation, integration of gardening activities with the science curriculum, and the ongoing engagement of parents. Later in the project, students, science teachers, and parents reported on their experiences such as active and meaningful engagement in activity-based pedagogy through school gardening. Overall, school gardening activities were found to have positive effects on students' understanding of scientific concepts, connecting school gardens in a contextual scaffold.
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      As Provided
    • الموضوع:
      2022
    • الرقم المعرف:
      EJ1356003