Civic Ecology Education:

Science, Cultures, Action in a Global World

Marianne Krasny

National Science Foundation

October 16, 2006

• A Community Garden Tour

• Garden Mosaics

• Going Global

• Civic Ecology Education

• Research

A Community Garden Tour

Community Gardens Got

Cultures ActionScience

• A Community Garden Tour

• Garden Mosaics

• Going Global

• Civic Ecology Education

• Research

Garden Mosaics: What?

Action

Elder Knowledge

Scientific Knowledge

Garden Mosaics: Why?

Action•Motivation•Science as participation

Elder Knowledge•Border crossings•Community

Scientific Understanding

Garden Mosaics: How?

Elder Knowledge

Action

Scientific Knowledgei*m*science

Science Pages

Action Projects

www.gardenmosaics.org

• A Community Garden Tour

• Garden Mosaics

• Going Global

• Civic Ecology Education

• Research

South Africa

-- school-community gardens

Garden Mosaics -- Russia

http://www.gm-baltimore-tomsk.blogspot.com/

Garden Mosaics Goes Global

Action

Elder Knowledge

Scientific Knowledge

Lessons / Questions

•Indigenous Knowledge in Science Education

•Local / Global Collaboration

• A Community Garden Tour

• Garden Mosaics

• Going Global

• Civic Ecology Education

• Research

Civic Ecology Education

Action

CommunityKnowledge

Scientific Knowledge

Garden Mosaics

Watershed Restoration

Explorations from an Aerial Perspective

Civic Ecology Education

Eco-Schools

Farmers of the Future

Action

CommunityKnowledge

Scientific Knowledge

Civic Ecology Education

CommunityKnowledge

Action

Scientific Knowledge

Adaptive Learning

• A Community Garden Tour

• Garden Mosaics

• Going Global

• Civic Ecology Education

• Research

Adaptive Learning

Culture Science

Action

Aguilar Simon

Schusler

Tidball

Kohly

Research

Kudryavtsev

Research

Olivia Aguilar

What role do after-school “Spanish & Science Clubs” play in engaging Hispanic students in a school community of practice?

Research

Jamila Simon

Local / global contexts: What motivates youth to learn science?

Research

Tania Schusler

Educator practice in environmental science action programs

Research

Nikki Kohly

School-community partnerships in South Africa, Malawi, and the US

Research

Alexey Kudryavtsev

Online forum: Learning vs community

Question/Statement Mean SD

Learning outcomes

Did the Forum help you to learn about the Garden Mosaics curriculum?

3.59 1.26

Did the Forum help you to implement Garden Mosaics (if applied)?

3.59 1.46

Social outcomes

I liked seeing what others were thinking and feeling.

4.09 0.75

I felt connected to others who shared my concerns.

3.86 0.56

I got good feedback from the Forum. 3.80 0.66

The Forum offered a sense of community. 3.73 0.55

Online Forum (Kudryavtsev)

Research

Alexey Kudryavtsev

Cost-effectiveness DVDs vs face-face workshop

DVD vs Workshops

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30%

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45%

50%

Presentation only(n=39)

DVD only (n=165) Workshop only(n=49)

Workshop and DVD(n=50)

Types of training tools

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Research

Keith Tidball

Role of urban community greening in resilience following disaster and conflict

Research

Keith Tidball

Resilience Criteria•Diversity

•Participation

•Adaptive learning

Civic Ecology Education & Resilience

Diversity

Participation

CommunityKnowledge

Action

Scientific Knowledge

Adaptive Learning Adaptive Learning

Resilience CriteriaCivic Ecology

Education Model

Where are we?

• Program Model – Experience– Literature

• Research– Culture, Action, Science – Dissemination, Communities of Practice

Where are we going?

• Adaptive learning through communities of practice: CBOs & universities

• Integrating science and global understanding

Where are we going?

• School achievement?

• Youth development?

• Social capital and resilience?

Impact of ISE on:

Thank you!

Keith TidballGarden Mosaics Program LeaderAssociate Director, Initiative for Civic Ecology

NSF Informal Science Education International Programs

CBO educators

Youth

Cornell students