ERIC Number: EJ1374129
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1350-4622
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5871
Whose Subject Is It Anyway? Negotiating Disciplinary Tensions in Designing Open-Ended Ecological Pedagogies through an Urban Terrace Farm
Environmental Education Research, v29 n2 p194-211 2023
This paper follows the perspectives and initiatives of teachers, who were directly and indirectly, involved in a school terrace gardening project co-designed with some of them. Their narratives included their perceptions regarding students working at the farm, connected initiatives within the curriculum, and any personal efforts prompted by their involvement with the farm space. Their experiences indicate the possibility of using the farm as a transformational space, helping restructure their own identity as well as pedagogical practices. Their narratives also highlight the boundaries created by disciplinary affiliations. In the absence of direct participation, conventional teaching practices seems to affect their use of the farming space and meanings derived from it. These observations are discussed in the backdrop of challenges in facilitating environmentally-oriented teacher education in the Indian scenario. The insights gleaned from the research contribute to the existing scholarship on educational approaches for social change-making and the dilemmas faced by educators in navigating disciplinary expectations.
Descriptors: Gardening, Environmental Education, Teaching Methods, Self Concept, Teacher Attitudes, Urban Schools, Transformative Learning, Conventional Instruction, Professional Identity, Barriers, Teacher Education Programs, Social Change, Science Education, Climate, Indians, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Agricultural Production, Private Schools, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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