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  EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Other theories of education classify students as passive receivers of information. Experiential education theory takes a different approach. Involving students as active learners is the basic underlying philosophy of The Edible Schoolyard program.

Experiential Learning is composed of three components:
Knowledge – Concepts, facts, information, and prior experience
Activity – Knowledge applied to current, ongoing tasks
Reflection – Thoughtful analysis and assessment of one's own activity and its contribution to personal growth and impact on the environment

Association of Experiential Education. www.aee.org

GARDEN AND KITCHEN EDUCATION

Berkeley Horticultural Nursery. www.berkeleyhort.com
The Garden Project. www.gardenproject.org
The Food Systems Project. www.foodsystems.org

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Center For Ecoliteracy. www.ecoliteracy.org
Center for Urban Education on Sustainable Agriculture. www.igc.org/cuesa
The Ecology Center. www.ecologycenter.org
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center. www.oaec.org
Environmental Protection Agency. www.epa.gov
Center for Environmental Education. www.cee-ane.org

These sites all contain additional resources and links that should prove helpful.
More Helpful Links

BOOKS ON OUR SHELVES
(a partial list)
The New Oxford Book Of Food Plants. J.G. Vaughan.. Oxford University Press.
Rice: From Risotto to Sushi. Claire Ferguson. Rizzoli.
The Cook's Journal. Christopher Warmell. Running Press.
Africa, Europe, and Asia: Ready to Use Interdisciplinary Lessons and activities for Grades 5-12. D. Bloom. The Center for Applied Research in Education.
Food is Elementary: A Hands-On Curricula for Young Students. Antonia Demas. Food Studies Institute.
Potatoes from Pancakes to Pommes Frites. Annie Nichols. Rizzoli.
Chez Panisse Vegetables. Alice Waters. Harper-Collins.
Chez Panisse Fruit. Alice Waters. Harper-Collins.
Bread. Beth Hensperger. Chronicle Books.
Food In History. Reay Tannahill. Stern and Day.
Slumps, Grunts, and Snickerdoodles: What Colonial America Ate and Why. Lila Perl. Clarion Books.
The Fannie Farmer Cookbook. Marion Cunningham. Alfred A. Knopf.
You Eat What You Are: People, Culture, and Food Traditions. Thelma Barer-Stern. Firefly Books.
The Greatest Table: A Banquet to Fight Against Hunger. Michal J. Rosen. Harcourt Brace and Co.
Play With Your Food. Joost Elffers. Stewart, Tabori, and Chang.
The Food Chronology. James Trager. Henry Holt and Co.
Through the Kitchen Window: Women Explore the Intimate Meanings of Food and Cooking. Beacon Press.
Material World. Peter Menzel. Sierra Club Books.
Recipes From A Kitchen Garden Volume 2. Renee Shepherd and Fran Raboff. Shepherd’s Garden Publishing.
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. Harold McGee. Simon and Schuster.
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Photo Cards. CA Nutrition Education and Training Program. Ca Dept. of Ed.
A Taste of Heritage. The New African–American Cuisine. Joe Randall and Toni Tipton-Martin. Macmillan.
Soul Food: Recipes and Reflections From African-American Churches. Joyce White. Harper Collins.
Everything You Pretend to Know About Food And Are Afraid Someone Will Ask. Nancy Rommelmann. Penguin Books.
How Are You Peeling? Foods With Moods. Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers. Scholastic Press.
Women In the Material World. Faith D’Aluisio and Peter Menzel. Sierra Cliub Books.
The New Guide to Fruit. Kate Whiteman. Lorenz Books.
Food. Weverley Root. Smithmark.
The Gourmet Alter: The History, Origin and Migration of Food of the World. Susie Ward. Macmillan.
Fast Food Nation. Eric Schlosser. Houghton Mifflin.
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture. Wendell Berry. Sierra Club Books.
From the Good Earth. Michael Ableman
The Green Machine. Polly Cameron
Kids Cook Farm Fresh Food, Sibella Kraus. CA Dept. of Education
Kids in Gardens: Student Education Program, Aquatic Outreach Institute
Teaching Organic Farming and Gardening, Albie Miles and Martha Brown, eds. University of Santa Cruz
 

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