Education From a Gardener's Perspective

Nature has much to teach if we will be attentive and learn from her In Fall 2018, a school of social work professor designed a new course to teach across three schools-social work, education, and the seminary. To integrate faith and learning, this professor designed this course based on the four per...

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Published inSocial work and Christianity Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 234 - 258
Main Author Boddie, Stephanie Clintonia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Botsford North American Association of Christians in Social Work 01.10.2021
Subjects
Agricultural development
Classrooms
College faculty
Community
Design
Education
Ethics
Everyday life
Food security
Gardens & gardening
God
Graduate students
Imagination
Learning
Permaculture
Schools
Social work
Spirituality
Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:Nature has much to teach if we will be attentive and learn from her In Fall 2018, a school of social work professor designed a new course to teach across three schools-social work, education, and the seminary. To integrate faith and learning, this professor designed this course based on the four permaculture (permanent agriculture) design principles: care of people; care for the earth; fair share; and transitional ethic. In this class, graduate students took on community challenges-food insecurity and K-12 student disengagement from learning-to help them live out their vocation while also supporting the development of a local school garden. Ultimately, with this affective, embodied, creative, and reflective pedagogy, learning was experienced more holistically and in a more relevant manner to everyday life.
ISSN:0737-5778
1944-7779
DOI:10.34043/swc.48i3.244