http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/01/20/the-school-garden-flap/ Life, Literature, and the Subversive Power of Living Small Thu, 10 May 2012 18:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/01/20/the-school-garden-flap/comment-page-1/#comment-40409 Heather Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:41:25 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/?p=1293#comment-40409 Isn't this a classic complaint of students, particularly in math class: "How are we going to use this in real life?" Seems to me school gardens bypass this complaint, teaching content in context. Isn’t this a classic complaint of students, particularly in math class: “How are we going to use this in real life?” Seems to me school gardens bypass this complaint, teaching content in context.

]]> http://livingsmallblog.com/2010/01/20/the-school-garden-flap/comment-page-1/#comment-40408 Jennifer Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:36:07 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/?p=1293#comment-40408 The sad part about Flanagan's article is how little she trusts the teachers. Of course if teachers haul kids outside to pull weeds for 1 1/2 hours/week, instead of having them practice reading, then that's a problem. But if the teachers use the garden as a learning tool, well, where's the problem? Having a school garden is comparable to going on a field trip, except you don't need to pay for buses. And you can go more than once a year. The sad part about Flanagan’s article is how little she trusts the teachers. Of course if teachers haul kids outside to pull weeds for 1 1/2 hours/week, instead of having them practice reading, then that’s a problem. But if the teachers use the garden as a learning tool, well, where’s the problem? Having a school garden is comparable to going on a field trip, except you don’t need to pay for buses. And you can go more than once a year.

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