Journal of Korean Society for People, Plants and Environment 2012;15(3):179-184.
Published online June 30, 2012.

초등학교 텃밭 이용 현황 조사

유미(Mi Yoo), 임미정(Mee Jung Im), 이은희(Eun Heui Lee)

Abstract

This research aims at developing of an elementary school gardening programs as creative activity programs to help students understand nature and education related by elementary school educational curriculum. I surveyed elementary school gardens in Nowon-gu and Songpa-gu in Seoul from September-2011 to February-2012. Nowon-gu has a total of 42 elementary school and Songpa-gu has 37. This study was investigated the plants that were in the elementary school textbooks and also carried out a survey of the vegetation, mainly the food that grew in the elementary schools’ garden. As the method of study, after studying the environment around the elementary schools with the help of a satellite pictures, and this research was conducted telephonic interviews, a field survey and online surveys(at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Bukbu District Office of Education and Gangdong District Office of Education). It was found that above 50% of the elementary schools had gardens in both Nowon-gu and Songpa-gu. There were only six elementary schools that had a textbook and grew about 60 plant species. Other schools cultivated less than 20 plant species. Recent interviews with elementary school teachers indicated that gardening programs positively correlate with learning ability, emotions. In spite of the advantages, there are not enough school gardens and school gardening programs. For improving this, it is important to increase the number of school gardens and specialists, professional development programs are also urgently needed.

KeyWords: Elementary school educational curriculum, School gardens