EJ561615 PS527609
Title: Digging Down Deep: Educational Experiences with the Earth in
a Gardening/Farming Context.Author(s): Eden, Emily Starr
Source: NAMTA Journal, v23 n1 p322-32 Win 1998
Publication Date: 1998
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Descriptive (141)
Journal Announcement: CIJSEP1998
Chronicles
a teacher's experiences and impressions of a tour of six farm schools
visited in New England. Integrates these experiences within a perspective
of research and history. Concludes that the possibilities for a
variety of experiences and intellectual, social, and spiritual growth
abound on the farm, particularly a fully integrated farm curriculum.
(Author/SD)
Descriptors: *Agricultural Education; Elementary Secondary Education;
Experiential Learning; *Experimental Schools; *Farm Management;
Farm Visits; Farmers; Middle Schools; Montessori Method; *Supervised
Occupational Experience (Agriculture)
Identifiers: Erdkinder; Montessori (Maria); United States (Northeast)
