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Full-Text Articles in Education
The Integration Of School Garden Programs Into Educational Curriculum, Annie Lowry
The Integration Of School Garden Programs Into Educational Curriculum, Annie Lowry
Honors Program Projects
School gardens have many benefits for students which include helping students make nutritious choices, encouraging students to be environmentally conscious, and providing experiential learning. School gardens have great potential to be an effective learning tool if incorporated into the classroom. The purpose of this project is to evaluate how gardening is being integrated into classroom curriculum in several schools in the state of Illinois and what factors have led to this integration. Educational professionals from seven different sites were interviewed to collect qualitative data about current integration of gardening into school curriculum. The results from the interviews confirm previous research …
Exploring Student Perceptions To Explain The Relationship Between Physical Activity And Academic Achievement In Adolescents: A Mixed Methods Study, Megan J. Hylok
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
A nationwide survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control in 2007 reported 65% of high school students did not meet the recommendation that youth participate in at least 60 minutes of physical activity most days of the week (CDC, 2008). While research has focused its attention primarily on bodily health, growing evidence supports the benefits of physical activity on brain health (Ratey & Hagerman, 2008). Physical activity is important and many adolescents are not meeting the recommendation, therefore, it is important to explore the adolescent perceptions to understand which factors influence physical activity participation. The significance of this study …
Food For Thought: Eathing For The Baby & You, Cassandra Fernandes Faria
Food For Thought: Eathing For The Baby & You, Cassandra Fernandes Faria
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
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Mapping Synergy And Antagony In North–South Partnerships For Health: A Case Study Of The Tanzanian Women’S Ngo Kiwakkuki, Hope Corbin, Maurice B. Mittelmark, Gro Th. Lie
Mapping Synergy And Antagony In North–South Partnerships For Health: A Case Study Of The Tanzanian Women’S Ngo Kiwakkuki, Hope Corbin, Maurice B. Mittelmark, Gro Th. Lie
Woodring College of Education Faculty Publications
North–South partnerships for health aim to link resources, expertise and local knowledge to create synergy. The literature on such partnerships presents an optimistic view of the promise of partnership on one hand, contrasted by pessimistic depictions of practice on the other. Case studies are called for to provide a more intricate understanding of partnership functioning, especially viewed from the Southern perspective. This case study examined the experience of the Tanzanian women's NGO, KIWAKKUKI, based on its long history of partnerships with Northern organizations, all addressing HIV/AIDS in the Kilimanjaro region. KIWAKKUKI has provided education and other services since its inception …
Ua12/4 Stall Street Journal, Vol. 3, Wku Health Services
Ua12/4 Stall Street Journal, Vol. 3, Wku Health Services
WKU Archives Records
Broadsides developed by WKU Health Services to convey public health information in students in bathroom stalls.