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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

Summary Bulletin: Gardening at Home

open access: yes, 2014
This Summary Bulletin recognises the importance of providing a safe and accessible environment for older people and those living with a disability when they enjoy and tend to a garden – be it their own private garden or a shared community area.
Carnemolla, P ; https://orcid.org/   +1 more
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The gleaning guide: venturing in redirective fashion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
: Gleaning, when adopted as an attitude and an action, is useful in seeing and utilising the value in what has been cast aside. This is gleaning through the physical collection of what is left behind, alongside gleaning that is slow, incremental and ...
Tania Splawa-Neyman
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Making it explicit – Sustained shared thinking dialogue as a way to explore children's perspectives on quality in German early childhood education and care

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ant Diversity of the Xisha Islands: Community Structure, Exotic Species Colonization, and Ecological Functions in a Tropical Coral Archipelago

open access: yesBiological Diversity, EarlyView.
The first inventory of ants from the Xisha Islands of the South China Sea was compiled, revealing 21 species: 70% native and 30% exotic. Anthropogenic disturbance primarily drove exotic colonization, whereas island area showed weak positive effects on species richness. Most ants were omnivorous, with key mutualistic and seed‐dispersal roles.
Hua‐Yan Chen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of Home Gardening to Household Dietary Intake among Peri-urban Households of Imo State, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Rapid urbanization, industralization, land grabbing and dwindling land resources is fast eroding the practice of home gardening in peri-urban areas. This has altered the dietary intake pattern of peri-urban households who hitherto could augment their ...
Obichere, Chinwe N., Akwiwu, Uzoamaka N.
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Profiling and determining household’s factors influencing crop diversity and animal species inclusion in home gardening, Southeast Nigeria

open access: yesDiscover Food
Home gardening is a game-changer for ensuring food security, benefiting both farming and non-farming households alike. Households that engage in gardening are not just growing crops; they are fostering diverse ecosystems by cultivating multiple plant ...
Kehinde Paul Adeosun   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Charter and by-laws of the Marienfeld Fruit Growing, Gardening and Irrigation Company

open access: yes, 1888
A pamphlet with the charter and bylaws of the Marienfeld Fruit Growing, Gardening and Irrigation ...
Marienfeld Fruit Growing, Gardening and Irrigation Company
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organic Vegetable Gardening in Florida

open access: yesEDIS, 2016
Updated comprehensive guide written as a companion to the Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide. It is intended for the home gardener who prefers to use natural and organic materials as well as methods that are compatible with the philosophy of organic ...
Danielle D. Treadwell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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