出版社：International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE)
摘要：While school gardens are familiar in many Western contexts and research has reported significant pedagogical and affective is correct
benefits of these resources, there is limited reporting of their use in non-western contexts. A pilot school gardening project involving a
quasi-experimental mixed method design was undertaken in the Sultanate of Oman with several Grade 2 and Grade 7 classes to determine
if this resource might provide benefits in this particular context. This paper reports on the findings for the Grade 2 cohort. While these
findings were somewhat mixed and need to be treated tentatively given that the study was a pilot, they do suggest that school gardens
in Oman could provide affective and possible health benefits for students. The potential health benefits could be particularly significant
because the Omani population is beginning to exhibit a rapid increase in “lifestyle diseases,” most notably diabetes and cardiovascular
illnesses. These illnesses appear to be linked to poor dietary habits and a more sedentary lifestyle among the younger generation.
关键词：young learners; Oman; school gardening; pilot study; mixed;methods
