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| Author(s): | Lucas, Bill |
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| Author Affiliation: | Director, Learning Through Landscapes, Third Floor, Southside Offices, The Law Courts, Winchester, SO23 9DL England, 0962-846258, Fax: 0962-869099. |
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| Title: | Grounds for change: Learning through landscapes in Britain |
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| Section: | Learning through gardening
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| Source: | American Horticulturist. Vol. 73, No. 7, July 1994, p. 8-9. |
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| Publishing Information: | Alexandria, VA: American Horticultural Society |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Landscaping; Education; Aesthetic values; Facilities
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Many of the schools in Britain have to make do with crumbling, inadaquate classrooms that contribute little or nothing to those who use them." Many of these same school yards do not look any different than a prison yard. This is why in 1986, Learning Through Landscaping was created. Representing this new group was a team of imaginative and forward-looking group of educators, landscape architects, and designers. They began research in 1986 and as a result of this research, became an independent, national body and set out to bring to the top of the educational agenda a range of issues relating to school grounds. Key to the project's success is always involving children in all stages of the process. An LTL school might contain any one or more of these features on it's grounds: an arboretum, a butterfly garden, a checkerboard garden, a corn field, a distinctively designed fence, a formal garden, a hen house, large numbers of attractive seats, a math trail, a maze, an orchard, a pond, a recycling center, a sculpture, a sensory garden, a sheep paddock, a vegetable garden, a weather station, a wildflower meadow, or a windmill. In addition there are huge social benefits to developing a school's grounds. It is often overlooked that there is evidence that there are positive shifts in behavior and attitude when the outside environment is developed. There is also a decrease in the number of accidents, and a likelikhood there will be less vandalism. "If we continue to let children attend school in inaccessible educational environments we are demonstrating an uncaring attitude to the very children on whom the survival of the world depends. It is Learning Through Landscape's hope that by stopping the decay of schools, we can help to ensure that we value each other and care for the wider environment." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Lucas, B. 1994. Grounds for change: Learning through landscapes in Britain. Am. Hortic. 73(7):p. 8-9. |
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