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Sustainable Gardening across the Curriculum

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Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools

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In this chapter we describe some of the reported benefits of food growing at school, linking food growing to the purposes and content of the Australian and New Zealand Curriculums. We also provide examples of ways in which classroom teachers can use the garden as a teaching resource not only in a cross-curricular way but also in a manner that explores the Australian Curriculum conceptualisation of sustainability, the New Zealand curriculum principle of future focus, and the value of ecological sustainability

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  1. University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia

    Julie Kennelly

  2. University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia

    Sue Elliott

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  1. University of New England, Australia

    Neil Taylor

  2. University of New England, Australia

    Frances Quinn

  3. University of Waikato, New Zealand

    Chris Eames

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Kennelly, J., Elliott, S. (2015). Sustainable Gardening across the Curriculum. In: Taylor, N., Quinn, F., Eames, C. (eds) Educating for Sustainability in Primary Schools. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-046-8_15

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