Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens


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New teaching activities The Fairchild Challenge Communicating climate change Spanish language version Chinese language version Traditional Chinese version Education projects Success stories Education news Education events Education e-update Climate change information centre PlantSearch GardenSearch Sign up to our newsletter:	Education centre > Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Teaching for the 21st Century: Botanic Garden Education for a New Millennium Brooklyn Botanic Garden, USA,1996 Towards a Wider Perspective From the Good Earth: Lessons from the Past, Inspirations for the Future Michael Ableman, Fairview Gardens Farm and Education Centre, California Stand up, Stand up and be Counted: Education for Sustainability and the Journey of Getting from Here to There John Fien, Centre for Innovation and Research in Environmental Education, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Reflections on Action: towards a clear Framework for Education Practice in Botanic Gardens Ally Ashwell, National Botanical Institute, Claremont, South Africa Planning & Policies The Education Master Plan: Making Choices for the Future Eden Foster, The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, North Carolina What Kids really want in a Garden for Children: Fact vs. Fiction Monica Buntin Myhill, The Dallas Arboretum and Gardens, Texas, USA La utilización de los jardines botánicos como recurso didáctico:planificación de una visita al Jardín Botánico Viera y Clavijo Angeles Mestres Izquierdo, Escuela Universitaria, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain The potential role of African botanic gardens in environmental awareness programmes and the need to be involved in education George Owusu-Afriyie, Aburi Botanic Garden, Ghana Un modelo para la enseñanza de la ecología en el área de influencia mediterránea Fernando Saiz-Alcántara, Instituto de Bachillerato, Cadiz, Spain Botanical gardens education in the new South Africa: towards just provision of educational opportunity Joel Mkefe & Ally Ashwell, National Botanical Institute, Cape Town, South Africa Assessing the value of an exchange visit to the Witwatersrand National Botanical Garden Nkopane Moteka, Witwatersrand National Botanic Garden, South Africa Propuesta didáctica para el Jardín del 'Huerto de las Flores' Agaete – Gran Canaria – Islas Canarias Rubén Naranjo Rodríguez, José Luis Rodríguez Armas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Gardens & Schools: a Natural Alliance Graduate studies at The New York Botanical Garden David L. Lentz, The New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA Creating ex-situ conservation gardens in schools and the wider community Andrew Smith, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart, Australia Promoting science participation through garden explorations Lisa K. Wagner and Mary E. Olien, South Carolina Botanic Garden, South Carolina, USA Restoring our relationship with the land – linking children to nature Molly Fifield Murray, University of Winsconsin Arboretum, Madison, USA Nuestro programa de educación ambiental: cumple con la frase ‘piense globalmente pero actue localmente’ Raúl E. Rivero, The Marie Selby Botanic Garden, Florida, USA Plants in motion: an attempt to capture their development and construction Antonio José López-Quintana, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain Plants and culture: ethnobotany and education Ian Darwin Edwards and Susie Kelpie, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Scotland Connecting to the curriculum: kehidupan sehari-hari – an Indonesian language trail in the Adelaide Botanic Garden Steve Meredith, Adelaide Botanic Garden, Australia Down the garden path: the use of stories and storytelling to raise environmental awareness Bill Graham and Sue Bird, Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses Rare plant conservation education for children Tammera Race, Bok Tower Gardens, Florida, USA Botanical electives within the Smith College Summer Science Program Susan McGlew, The Botanic Garden of Smith College, Massachusetts, USA Educational activity at the University of Padua Botanic Garden: an educational experiment for partially sighted schoolboys R.Ondertoller, M.Zuanelli, A.Todaro, N.Tornadore, P.Giulini, Italian Blind Union and Botanical Garden of Padua University With eyes sensitive to green Ingela Jagne, Goteburg Botanical Garden, Sweden Botany for young children: a workshop to explore teaching methods using art to study plants Dawn Sanders, Chelsea Physic Garden, London, UK El jardín botánico como taller de expresión plástica Fabiola Ubani García, Escuela Universitaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Why do we need trees? Andrew Smith, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart, Australia Playing to learn Kevin Beckett, Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire, UK The Whole World Cake Treasure Hunt Sue Baughan, Leicester University Botanic Garden, UK Does a visit to a botanic garden really matter? Mary South, The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens and Arboretum Educational activity of the Botanical Garden of the Ukranian State University Yaroslav Dudych, Botanical Garden of the Ukranian State University of Forestry and Wood Technology La historia de los jardines botánicos como recurso didáctico: el Jardín Botánico Canario "Viera y Clavijo" María Luisa Iglesias Hernández, Escuela Universitaria, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Promoviendo conservación de orquideas en Costa Rica Raúl E. Rivero, The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Florida, USA ¿Educamos en los jardines botánicos? Ezequiel Guerra de la Torre, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain The bitter-sweet taste of chocolate Marina Hethke, Kassel University, Greenhouse for Tropical Crops, Germany Partnerships for Learning - Public and Community Education Regional interpretation: linking our natural and cultural diversity Gary Schwetz, Delaware Centre for Horticulture, USA Public education for all ages at the Singapore Botanic gardens Foong Tai Wu , Jennifer Ng, Marie Jacintha Nathan, Janice Yau, Chew Kuan, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore Botanical Printmaking: Art and Science Education in Botanical Gardens Leonore Alaniz, New York, USA Botanical art and ecological education Diane Barthel-Bouchier, American Society of Botanical Artists, USA Primer programa de educación pública en el Jardín Botánico Nacional Marcia Ricci, Jardin Botanico Nacional, Vina del Mar, Chile Planting to replace: helping local communities to conserve their forest resources James Ewane Sumelong, Limbe Botanic Garden, Cameroon A new educational tool for Siberians and ecotourists Svetlana Sizykh, Botanic Garden of Irkutsk State University, Russia Healing plants: medicine across time and cultures, an outdoor exhibition and medicine trunk Elayna Singe, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia, USA The role of botanic gardens in the dissemination of ethnobotanical knowledge in Kenya Abel Barasa Atiti, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya Aiming for excellence in adult education: blooming partnership Russel Wedge, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand Aiming for excellence in adult education: successful certificate programs at the New York Botanic Garden Kim Asimake, New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA Interpretation at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Carol M. Cochran, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tuscon, Arizona, USA Australia's native food plants: towards a sustainable future Julie Foster, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Caberra, Australia Native plant education at The Holden Arboretum Paul Spector, Holden Arboretum, Ohio, USA Bringing the plant kingdom to life: communities, cultures and creating concepts John Ellison and Laura Giuffrida, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Order, Order - taxonomy in action: interpreting the order beds at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pat Griggs, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Public Education in the Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanic Garden Feng Huiling, Li Gang, Pan Xinliang, Fairy Lake Botanic Garden, Shenzhen, China The installation of an interpretation trail about the rescue of endangered plants inside educational greenhouses Loïc Ruellan, Conservatoire Botanique National de Brest, France Medicinal plants for survival: FRLHT's educational programme for the conservation of medicinal plants in a biocultural perspective Darshan Shankar & Biswajit Majumdar, Foundation for the Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions, Bangalore, India The Jersey orchid recovery programme – an opportunity for education? Margaret Ramsay, Grace Prendergast, Junko Oikawa, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK The Bombay Natural History Society: a little about its contribution towards nature conservation and education Neelam Patil, Bombay Natural History Society, India Botanical Education in the Horto Medicinale of Padua in the sixteenth century: perhaps the earliest example of teaching in a botanic garden Elsa M Cappelletti, Andrea Ubrizsy Savoia, Giancarlo Cassina, Orto Botanico, Padova, and Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Roma, Italy Proceedings of the 1st International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more... The 5th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more... Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more... Contents of the 4th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens Read more...	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