Organic Learning Gardens in Higher Education: Do They Improve Kindergarten Pre-service Teachers' Connectedness to and Conception of Nature?

ABSTRACT: Studies have shed light on the idea that people who have experiences in natural settings might be more aware of the environment. Learning gardens, as outdoor contexts, might contribute to the development of students' affective relations toward nature, pro-environmental attitudes, and protective actions; neverthless, these aspects begging to be explored. This preliminary research investigates the impact that the use of organic gardens to teach natural sciences at university has on kindergarten pre-service teachers' (KPST) connectedness to and conceptions of nature. The research follows a pre-/post-design and it uses a mixed methods approach. A total of 74 students completed four quantitative scales (INS, CCC, LCN, and NR-6), and 66 of them an open question about the concept of nature. After

SUBMITTER: Perez-Lopez R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7076075 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature