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Teaching and Learning in Urban Agricultural Community Contexts

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Editors:
  1. Isha DeCoito

    1. Western University, London, Canada

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  2. Amie Patchen

    1. Public Health Prog., Col. of Vet. Med., Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

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  3. Neil Knobloch

    1. College of Agriculture, ASEC Department, Purdue University System, Lafayette, USA

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  4. Levon Esters

    1. College of Agriculture, ASEC Department, Purdue University System, West Lafayette, USA

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  • Unique Contribution to the Literature on Urban Agriculture serving as an exciting Educational Model for Students of all Ages
  • Summarizes recent Studies on Research-Based Perspectives related to the Impact of Urban Agriculture Programs on Student Learning
  • Highlights effective Models and Principles on Designing Urban Agricultural Programs
  • This Book examines the Effectiveness of Urban Agriculture and the Potential to Elevate this Role as an Effective Pedagogical Approach in a Formal and Non-Formal/Informal Educational Context

Part of the book series: Urban Agriculture (URBA)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. An Introduction: Teaching and Learning in Urban Agricultural Community Contexts

    • Neil Knobloch
    Pages 1-11

  3. Community as Curriculum: Dewey’s Theory of Inquiry in the Context of an Urban Agriculture Project

    • Mihye Won, Bertram C. Bruce
    Pages 13-29

  4. Forging Research Pathways to Sustainable Farms and Food Systems with an Interdisciplinary Evaluative Framework for Urban Agriculture

    • Helena K. Farrell
    Pages 31-55

  5. Engaging Nashville’s Youth in Farming, Food Choice, and Food Access Issues: Two Programs by a Nashville Nonprofit

    • Michelle Wooten, Josh Corlew
    Pages 57-76

  6. Resurfacing Environmental Identity in Coastal Peru

    • Daniela Benavides Reiss, Adriana Gonzalez-Pestana, Joaquín Leguía
    Pages 77-95

  7. Permaculture in Action: Urban Farming as Continual Science Learning

    • Zev H. S. Friedman, Phyllis Katz
    Pages 97-119

  8. Learning to Become “Good Food” Educators: Practices and Program Development of an Urban Agriculture Education Organization

    • Christopher D. Murakami, Heather Gillich
    Pages 121-139

  9. The USDA Future Scientists Urban Agriculture Program

    • Craig Wilson, Carolyn Schroeder, Timothy Scott
    Pages 141-157

  10. Forging the Farm-To-School Connection: Articulating the Vision Behind Food-Based Environmental Education at The Dalton School

    • Kevin Slick, Mila Tewell
    Pages 159-177

  11. Urban Beekeeping as a Tool for STEAM Education

    • Thomas Schmitt, Kristian Demary, Noah Wilson-Rich
    Pages 179-208

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 209-210
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About this book

This book fills a void in the literature around how urban agricultural education can be used to create opportunities to educate youth and citizens who live in urban areas about growing food. To date, very little has been written about program design and the impact of such experiences on learning outcomes. In fact, most of the journal articles and research to date has focused on access, contextual factors, sustainability, relevance of urban agricultural education, and the intersection of science of agriculture. This book will cover such topics as how urban youth learn science while engaged in urban agriculture programs, how such programs support youth in becoming interested about healthy eating and science more generally, and how to design urban agriculture programs in support of STEM education. The chapters in this book are written by educational researchers and each chapter has been reviewed by researchers and practitioners.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Western University, London, Canada

    Isha DeCoito

  • Public Health Prog., Col. of Vet. Med., Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

    Amie Patchen

  • College of Agriculture, ASEC Department, Purdue University System, Lafayette, USA

    Neil Knobloch

  • College of Agriculture, ASEC Department, Purdue University System, West Lafayette, USA

    Levon Esters

About the editors

Dr. Isha DeCoito is an Associate Professor of STEM Education at Western University in Canada. She possesses extensive experience in developing successful partnerships and collaborations with stakeholders in a variety of educational contexts including medical programs, school gardens, refugee camps, Aboriginal reservations, science centres, teacher education programs, universities, and school boards. Her research focuses on STEM engagement and STEM career aspirations amongst girls and underrepresented populations, experiential learning, gamification, educational technologies, engineering and medical education, professional development, and nature of science conceptions, with a goal of creating equitable and better opportunities for all students.


Dr. Amie Patchen is a postdoctoral associate with Cornell University's Master of Public Health Program.  Her work focuses on increasing equitable access to science learning opportunities in various contexts, increasing access to nature, supporting the development of environmental stewardship attitudes and behaviors, and engaging young people in using science to support social justice in their communities.

Dr. Neil Knobloch is a Professor of Agricultural Science Education at Purdue University, serves as Chair of PU-CoA PK-12 Council, and has extensive project management. His integrated approach to scholarship of discovery, learning, and engagement has advanced educational innovations in university teaching and PK-12 outreach to engage and retain more students in the agricultural STEM career pipeline. He has demonstrated campus and national leadership in advancing diversity in agricultural STEM majors by co-directing the Mentoring@Purdue (M@P) Program and building partnerships with nine Historically Black Land-Grant Universities.


Dr. Levon T. Esters is a Professor in the Department Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication at Purdue University. He received a B.S. in Agricultural Business from Florida A&M University, an M.S. in Agricultural Education from North Carolina A&T State University, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Extension Education from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Esters serves as the Director of the Mentoring@Purdue (M@P) program which is designed to increase the number of women and underrepresented minorities (URMs) receiving advanced post-secondary STEM-based agricultural and life sciences degrees in Purdue’s College of Agriculture. Dr. Esters is a nationally recognized scholar on mentoring, equity, and diversity within the STEM-based agricultural and life sciences disciplines. His research focuses on issues of educational equity and access of URM students with a concentration on the mentoring of Black graduate students; STEM career development of students attending Historically Black Land-Grant Colleges and Universities; and educational and professional mobility of Black graduatestudents and faculty. Dr. Esters also serves as a Senior Research Associate at The Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Teaching and Learning in Urban Agricultural Community Contexts

  • Editors: Isha DeCoito, Amie Patchen, Neil Knobloch, Levon Esters

  • Series Title: Urban Agriculture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72888-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72887-8Published: 08 September 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72890-8Published: 09 September 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72888-5Published: 07 September 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2197-1730

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-1749

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 210

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Urban Ecology

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