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Identifying knowledge barriers to agroforestry adoption and co‐designing solutions to them

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Compared to monocultures, agroforestry can promote biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and climate resilience, whilst maintaining or enhancing production and profits. Despite this, uptake in temperate regions remains low. Knowledge gaps amongst land managers are a primary barrier to uptake, but little is known about which aspects of ...
Amelia S. C. Hood, Verena Scherfranz, Rosy E. Scholes, Erika Degani, Tom Staton, Alexa Varah, Lena Schaller, Alice L. Mauchline   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

How can children and young people have a voice in urban treescapes?

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Scientific understanding of climate change has, to date, failed to result in sufficient action. This paper proposes that a deficit model of top‐down learning and dissemination in relation to public engagement with science may be part of the problem, particularly when considering the attitudes, values and empowerment of children and young ...
Simon Carr, Abi Hackett, Kate Pahl, Samyia Ambreen, Khawla Badwan, Elizabeth Curtis, Susannah Gill, Ambika Kapoor, Peter Lawrence, Johan Siebers, Jan White   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paradox and promise in joint school/university arts research [PDF]

, 2007
Collaborative university and school research projects are inevitably labour intensive endeavours that require the careful negotiation of trust and the joint development of critique of current practice.
Fraser, Deborah, Henderson, Clare L., Price, Graham   +2 more
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Early Childhood Visual Arts Education: Teachers’ Content Knowledge, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, and Challenges

The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
In the past, visual arts education in Hong Kong was not considered an important area of early childhood education. While the Hong Kong kindergarten curriculum has recently been updated to encourage creativity, there remains a lack of adequate visual arts
S. Leung, Joseph Wu, Tung-Hei Ho
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Melodies of the forest: Nature as an improvisational space for shared creative embodiment

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In an era marked by increasing disconnection from nature, innovative approaches to reconnect with the environment are crucial for both ecological and psychological well‐being. This paper explores how natural environments (a deciduous forest of Quebec in the present case study) can serve as an improvisational space for shared creative ...
Antoine Bellemare‐Pepin, Mar Estarellas, Eldad Tsabary   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Autorreflexão e experiência na formação docente – Um estudo com professores de Artes Visuais

EccoS – Revista Científica, 2017
This paper presents a research developed in the group named “Research, Teaching and Training in the Visual Arts” (CA / UFPel). Through interviews with teachers working in the education network of the Municipality of Pelotas, RS, during the period from ...
Maristani Polidori Zamperetti, Fabiana Lopes de Souza, Flávia Demke Rossi   +2 more
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Visual Literacy: Using Art to Teach Biochemistry

The FASEB Journal, 2019
Modern students have grown up surrounded by stunning graphics and visual imagery. At the same time, advances in technology and how data are visualized has changed the practice of science. How do these two observations work for and against educators? A generation ago simple line drawings would have sufficed in a printed biochemistry text, but this is no
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Visual Arts Self-Efficacy and Professional Attitudes: A Deep Dive into Pre-Service Primary Teachers' Perspectives

Participatory Educational Research
The role of art education in the holistic development of young children is undeniably essential. This form of education not only shapes the perceptions and worldviews of children but also nurtures and cultivates their innate creative capabilities.
Gülcan Erden Kocaarslan, Doç. Dr. Martina Rıedler Eryaman   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Developing ocean literacy through a relational model: Exploring outcomes of a place‐based ocean education programme in primary schools

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Schools are a common place where the younger generation can develop their understanding of the ocean and acquire the skills needed to become responsible and knowledgeable ocean advocates. Grounded in a relational ocean literacy model, this study examined outcomes of a place‐based programme integrating picture books, beach excursions and ...
Cátia Freitas, Shelley Hannigan, Alecia Bellgrove, Paul Venzo, Prue Francis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching Artists Research Project [PDF]

, 2011
There have been remarkable advances in arts education, both in and out of schools, over the last fifteen years, despite a difficult policy environment. Teaching artists, the hybrid professionals that link the arts to education and community life, are the
Eric Hedberg, Justin Shelby, Michael Reynolds, Nick Rabkin   +3 more
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