Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Green writing: the influence of natural spaces on primary students’ poetic writing in the UK and Australia

    Access Status
    Fulltext not available
    Authors
    Gardner, P.
    Kuzich, Sonja
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Gardner, P. and Kuzich, S. 2017. Green writing: the influence of natural spaces on primary students’ poetic writing in the UK and Australia. Cambridge Journal of Education: pp. 1-17.
    Source Title
    Cambridge Journal of Education
    DOI
    10.1080/0305764X.2017.1337720
    ISSN
    0305-764X
    School
    School of Education
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54750
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2017 University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education This paper draws on findings of comparative international research on students’ poetic writing about the natural environment in the context of the classroom and a naturalistic setting. The study involved 97, nine- to 10-year-olds in four classes: two classes were in an English primary school with their counterparts in a Western Australian primary school. One class in each school had vicarious contact with nature as a stimulus for writing, using a previously taught technique for writing poetry; the other class in each school used the same technique but had direct contact with nature. The study has implications for students’ literacy development, creativity and agency and suggests that students’ poetic writing is enhanced through direct contact with nature. Teachers in both England and Australia, countries where ‘high stakes’ testing dominates the literacy curriculum, may find that standards of writing improve when students are given direct contact with natural spaces and are scaffolded to elicit their poetic voice.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Professional development in HIV prevention education for teachers using flexible learning and tutor support
      Jackson, Glenda Joy (2004)
      HIV prevention programs in schools are acknowledged as one of the best prospects for controlling the world HIV epidemic. Epidemiological evidence indicates that deaths world-wide from AIDS are yet to peak. Although HIV ...
    • Evaluation of a K-5 mathematics program which integrates children's literature: classroom environment and attitudes
      Mink, Deborah V. (2002)
      This thesis describes a one-year study of 120 fifth grade students whose teachers participated in a program entitled Project SMILE (Science and Mathematics Integrated with Literary Experiences). The purpose of the study ...
    • An investigation into the environmental knowledge, attittudes and behavioural intentions of elementary school students
      Amarant, Arlene (2006)
      This study was designed to find out elementary students knowledge about the environment, their attitudes towards helping the environment and what they actually have done to help the environment. Specifically, during the ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.