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Venessa Kelly; E. Brännlund – Irish Educational Studies, 2025
Increased scholarly and practitioner attention has been paid to community gardens and their potential impact on community building and sustainability, as well as a tool to combat the decline in physical and mental well-being connected to childhood obesity. Specifically, community gardens may play a role in on families' eating habits, and there is…
Descriptors: Gardening, Eating Habits, Community Programs, Parent Attitudes
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Wenjie Wang; Annabelle Black Delfin – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2024
This article recounts the changes that occurred when a research study was redesigned to become more participatory, involving children, teachers, families, and the wider symbolic cultural neighbourhood. What emerged was a research study that was "integrated" into the curriculum of a four-year-old classroom. Here, the process is…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
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Peijing Qiao; Yang Yang; Si Chen; Lin Deng – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2024
The YuePu project was a community-based shared book-reading philanthropic project implemented in rural China. This literacy project utilized spaces in the rural community and invited parents and teachers to participate in free-of-charge shared book-reading activities with their children on the weekend. The reading activities and instructions were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Partnerships in Education
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Andy Garbacz; Tory L. Ash; Rachel T. Santiago – Grantee Submission, 2024
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is inherently relational, shaped by the interactions children have within their homes, schools, and communities. Grounded in ecological systems theory, this chapter explores how family-school-community partnerships can serve as a powerful mechanism for promoting SEL and fostering positive developmental outcomes.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Social Emotional Learning, Partnerships in Education, Community Involvement
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Tricia A. Zucker; Michael P. Mesa; Dana DeMaster; Yoonkyung Oh; Michael Assel; Cheryl McCallum; Valerie P. Bambha – Grantee Submission, 2024
Introduction: This article investigates an early STEM family engagement program offered during the pre-kindergarten (pre-k) year. Pre-k is an important juncture for community organizations to support children's STEM engagement and parental involvement in informal STEM learning. We evaluated a program called Teaching Together STEM, which offers a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Family Programs, Preschool Education, Community Programs