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Roots and Shoots: Building Bridges between Schools and Their Communities

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  • Jan Cincera

    (Department of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic)

  • Zuzana Gallayova

    (Department of Applied Ecology, Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University, 960 01 Zvolen, Slovakia)

  • Simona Kuciakova

    (Green Foundation, 811 04 Bratislava, Slovakia)

  • Daphne Goldman

    (Department of Environmental Studies and Agriculture, Faculty of Education, Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba 4490500, Israel)

Abstract

The study analyses the benefits and challenges emerging from students’ interactions with community, teachers, and other students in the place-based education program Roots and Shoots, in the Slovak Republic. The study is based on qualitative analyses of data obtained from eight teachers and 56 students interviewed in eight focus groups, and on quantitative data obtained from 53 students. Both the students and the teachers perceived the Roots and Shoots program as highly successful. The implementation of the program was challenged by the necessity of dealing with different levels of the students’ participation in decision-making, tensions between the involved and uninvolved students, and the complex nature of local sustainability issues. This study discusses the importance of engaging students in the participative process of solving real-world issues, reflecting the challenges of this educational approach.

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  • Jan Cincera & Zuzana Gallayova & Simona Kuciakova & Daphne Goldman, 2021. "Roots and Shoots: Building Bridges between Schools and Their Communities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(22), pages 1-13, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:22:p:12543-:d:678257
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    1. Petra Simonova & Jan Cincera & Roman Kroufek & Sarka Krepelkova & Andreas Hadjichambis, 2019. "Active Citizens: Evaluation of a Community-Based Education Program," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-10, January.
    2. Ariel Sarid & Daphne Goldman, 2021. "A Value-Based Framework Connecting Environmental Citizenship and Change Agents for Sustainability—Implications for Education for Environmental Citizenship," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-19, April.
    3. Yavuz Akbas & Safiye Çakmak, 2019. "The Effect of Place-Based Education Integrated Project Studies on Students’ Problem-Solving and Social Skills," Asian Journal of Education and Training, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 5(1), pages 183-192.
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