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Eating Change: A Critical Autoethnography Of Community Gardening And Social Identity, Jessica Gerrior
Eating Change: A Critical Autoethnography Of Community Gardening And Social Identity, Jessica Gerrior
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
Community gardening efforts often carry a social purpose, such as building climate resilience, alleviating hunger, or promoting food justice. Meanwhile, the identities and motivations of community gardeners reflect both personal stories and broader social narratives. The involvement of universities in community gardening projects introduces an additional dimension of power and privilege that is underexplored in scholarly literature. This research uses critical autoethnography to explore the relationship of community gardening and social identity. Guided by Chang (2008) and Anderson and Glass-Coffin (2013), a systematic, reflexive process of meaning-making was used to compose three autoethnographic accounts. Each autoethnography draws on the author’s …
Exploring The Potential Of Online Education And College Students' Connection To Nature, Michael Weinstein
Exploring The Potential Of Online Education And College Students' Connection To Nature, Michael Weinstein
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
There is limited research examining the efficacy of online delivery for experiential, field-based, interdisciplinary coursework in environmental education geared towards undergraduate students, and how connection to nature can be understood through the theory of emerging adulthood. This research employed a convergent mixed methods approach to explore the experiences of 11 undergraduate students enrolled in an online, introductory ecology course, and how their experience of connection to nature was influenced through the course, technology-mediated nature embedded within the course, and how their identities as emerging adults were impacted by their connection to nature. Quantitative methods employed included pre/post surveys, while qualitative …
Making Meaning Together: The Role Of Interpretation During A Short-Term Nature Excursion, Kate Jurow
Making Meaning Together: The Role Of Interpretation During A Short-Term Nature Excursion, Kate Jurow
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
Interpretive nature walks are an important tool for conservation organizations, which use them to educate, and to connect visitors with their sites. Interpretive studies often focus on program outcomes. However, less research exists on how the experience itself is perceived by visitors. Is it primarily a learning process? What role does the guide play, and how does the process of interpretation affect the visitor experience? What implications might this have for interpretive techniques, and for organizations seeking to build supportive stewardship communities? The purpose of this study was to explore how the process of interpretation affects a short-term nature experience …
Nurturing The Aesthetic: Learning To Care For The Environment In A Waldorf School, Melissa A. Grella
Nurturing The Aesthetic: Learning To Care For The Environment In A Waldorf School, Melissa A. Grella
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The purpose of the study was to explore the aesthetic foundation of the Waldorf pedagogy in order to understand how art and aesthetic experiences may develop care toward the environment. A form of humanistic education developed by Rudolf Steiner in the early twentieth century, Waldorf education is a learning model envisioned as a framework for moral education. Waldorf education is known for its intentional use of art and aesthetic experience as well as its focus on developmentally appropriate curriculum and teaching methods. As in other forms of holistic education, Waldorf educators focus on the head, heart and hand of every …