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Benefits Of Gardening For Children, Bambi L. Yost, Louise Chawla
Benefits Of Gardening For Children, Bambi L. Yost, Louise Chawla
Bambi L Yost
Gardening provides different forms of engagement for children, including designing, planting, and maintaining gardens; harvesting, preparing, and sharing food; working cooperatively in groups; learning about science and nutrition; and creating art and stories inspired by gardens. The studies summarized below have been selected because they include control groups, pre- and post-measures, well controlled correlations, or in-depth qualitative analyses. For more studies and an analysis of this research, see Blair (2009), “The child in the garden: An evaluative review of the benefits of school gardening.” Available online at http://www.colorado.edu/cye/sites/default/files/attached-files/Gardening_factsheet_2011.pdf
Mapping Places Of Play And Prey With Denver Kids, Bambi L. Yost
Mapping Places Of Play And Prey With Denver Kids, Bambi L. Yost
Bambi L Yost
In this study, GIS is used to investigate Denver neighborhoods through children's eyes. This community-based research project teaches inner-city children about the power of mapping and voicing preferences and concerns. Using GIS technology, neighborhood surveys, handdrawn maps, photographs, and other methods of exploration, children create maps of schoolgrounds and surrounding neighborhoods, revealing quantitative and qualitative data in a creative and informative way. This research serves to empower students and educate city officials about the benefits and deficits of inner-city living for Denver youth. Special emphasis is placed on places of play and physical activity as well as on places of …
Homegirls In The Public Sphere By Miranda, Marie (Keta) Review By: Yost, Bambi, Bambi L. Yost
Homegirls In The Public Sphere By Miranda, Marie (Keta) Review By: Yost, Bambi, Bambi L. Yost
Bambi L Yost
Abstrat is not available. Citation: Homegirls in the Public Sphere by Miranda, Marie (Keta) Review by: Yost, Bambi Children, Youth and Environments Vol. 15, No. 1, Environmental Health, and Other Papers (2005) , pp. 406-413 Published by: The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, for the benefit of the Children, Youth and Environments Center at the University of Colorado Boulder Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.15.1.0406
Transforming Inner-City School Grounds - Lessons From Learning Landscapes, Bambi L. Yost, Lois A. Brink
Transforming Inner-City School Grounds - Lessons From Learning Landscapes, Bambi L. Yost, Lois A. Brink
Bambi L Yost
There ois not an abstract available for this paper but you can find it online at: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.14.1.0209?uid=3739640&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21103755920441