Kids Growing with Grains: Connecting Agriculture, Nutrition, and Environmental Literacy
Kids Growing with Grains is a school-based agricultural education program that improves youths’ conceptual understanding of how agriculture is linked to nutrition, the environment, and human health. University of Maryland Extension Educators developed the program’s hands-on activities, which focus o...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of youth development (Online) 2020-01, Vol.15 (6), p.272-291 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Kids Growing with Grains is a school-based agricultural education program that improves youths’ conceptual understanding of how agriculture is linked to nutrition, the environment, and human health. University of Maryland Extension Educators developed the program’s hands-on activities, which focus on grain science, grains and the environment, grains and animals, and grain nutrition. The program is traditionally implemented through a station-based field trip experience lasting 4 hours in length. The program has been evaluated using a mixed-methods approach that includes qualitative and quantitative data collected from both teachers and students. Evaluation results from the past 2 years indicate the program is achieving its learning objectives. The program is designed to be easily replicated by other Extension programs throughout the country in a variety of formal or non-formal settings. |
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ISSN: | 2325-4017 2325-4009 2325-4017 |
DOI: | 10.5195/jyd.2020.964 |