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Bice, Matthew R.; Ball, James W.; Hollman, Angela; Meyer, Dick; Ringenberg, Jourdan – Health Educator, 2020
For many schools, the opportunity for more time to teach health continues to be a struggle. School gardening programs come as a result of farm-to-fresh initiatives that aim to link students with food production, increase access to healthy and local foods, and serve as an educational opportunity. The purpose of this study was to examine how one…
Descriptors: Gardening, Health Education, Middle School Teachers, Rural Schools
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English, Lyn D. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
Navigating the current STEM agendas and debates is complex and challenging. Perspectives on the nature of STEM education and how it should be implemented without losing discipline integrity, approaches to incorporating the arts (STEAM) and how equity in access to STEM education can be increased are just a few of the many issues faced by…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Middle Schools
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Baran, Evrim; Bilici, Sedef Canbazoglu; Mesutoglu, Canan; Ocak, Ceren – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2016
Recent reports call for reformed education policies in Turkey in accordance with the need to develop students' knowledge and skills about STEM education and improving STEM workforce in the country. This research implemented an integrated out-of-school STEM education program for 6th grade students who come from disadvantaged areas in a large urban…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Grade 6, After School Education, Disadvantaged
Hammer, Patricia Cahape – West Virginia Department of Education Office of Research, Accountability, and Data Governance, 2016
West Virginia's Regional Education Service Agency 6 (RESA 6) serves five districts in the northern panhandle of the state--Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, and Wetzel--which together are home to 51 schools. RESA 6 joined the pilot implementation of the Learning School approach in the summer of 2015, as part of the second cohort. RESA 6's group…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Program Implementation, Communities of Practice