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School Gardens as a Tool to Improve Student Health Outcomes and Increase Parent Engagement in the Clark County School District
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In: UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones (2020)
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Background-School Gardens (SG) have been used in student programming to help achieve many goals that include increasing academic achievement, improving nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, increasing physical activity rates, instilling eco-consciousness, and increasing student and community engagement. To date, garden programs have predominantly been evaluated by case control studies examining pilot or informal short term implementation without consideration of garden program longevity. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of SGs on student knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to nutrition and physical activity, examine student connection to the garden, and to identify stakeholder perceptions of best practices in using the SG as a parent engagement tool. Methods- This study utilized a mixed methods approach. Three groups of student participants were evaluated, 1) those without any exposure to a SG (control), 2) students in a school with a new SG, and 3) students in a school with a well-established, long running, SG program. A quasi-experimental design was used to examine student nutrition knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, physical activity behaviors, and attitudes towards the SG. Student group and grade level differences were analyzed using a two-way ANOVA, and paired T-Tests were used to measure changes in students before and after the first year of garden implantation. To understand the role that SGs play in parent engagement and perceived impacts to student health and educational outcomes, stakeholder interviews were conducted with eight educators and eight parents. The survey tool utilized the Social Ecological framework and the data was analyzed through inductive thematic analysis. Results-Results found increases in nutrition knowledge (t(92)= -5.76, p
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Education; Environmental Education; Parent Engagement; School Garden Education; Social Ecological Model; Sustainability
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URL: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5011&context=thesesdissertations
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/thesesdissertations/4007
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Enabling Sustainable Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Targeted Tourism Management in the Caucasus Region
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In: Social Impact Research Experience (SIRE) (2020)
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If Animals Could Talk: Reflection on the Dutch Party for Animals in Student Assignments
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In: Animal Studies Journal (2019)
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“TO SECURE LITERARY CULTURE AND PROMOTE A SOCIAL FEELING”:RURAL OHIO CLUBWOMEN AS STEWARDS OF LOCAL LITERACY PRACTICE,1915
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In: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1544379283827385 (2018)
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The influence of ecological citizenship and political solidarity on Western Australian student teachers’ perceptions of sustainability issues
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In: Research outputs 2014 to 2021 (2017)
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Essbiografisches Lernen mit minderjährigen Flüchtlingen in der Berufsvorbereitung
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In: Haushalt in Bildung & Forschung 5 (2016) 1, S. 76-90 (2016)
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Mindful Movement as a Cure for Colonialism
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In: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1367936488 (2013)
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The impact of professional development on early childhood educators' confidence, understanding and knowledge of education for sustainability
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In: School of Education (2013)
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