Exploring Environmental Education through the School Garden: Inclusive Strategies for Autistic Students

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https://doi.org/10.34024/revbea.2025.v20.19252

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School Garden, Environmental Education, Autism

Abstract

This study presents the outcomes of an extension project that made use of a school garden as a tool for Environmental Education (EE) for children and young people in the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The project involved 129 autistic participants in 8 visits to the garden. Evaluation of the results occurred in two stages: initially, a conversation with the coordinator and the psychologist from the partnering institution, followed by completion of an evaluation form by the institution's staff. The reports emphasized improvements in participants’ social interaction, behavior, and emotions, alongside educational benefits, underscoring the positive impact of school gardens in the educational and therapeutic realms for young people with ASD.

Author Biography

  • Anderson Bertoldi, Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina
    Anderson Bertoldi has a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos. Professor of Portuguese Language and Communication at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, he has been developing extension actions with students from the Electrical Engineering course at the Jaraguá do Sul – Rau campus since 2018. His research interests involve children's scientific literacy and teacher training for working with scientific education for children. In the Electrical Engineering course, he works with the Communication and Expression curricular unit, developing electrical extension projects for children with students. He is the extension coordinator for the Jaraguá do Sul – Rau campus.   Ícone "Verificada pela comunidade"          

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2025-04-01

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BERTOLDI, Anderson. Exploring Environmental Education through the School Garden: Inclusive Strategies for Autistic Students. Brazilian Journal of Environmental Education, [S. l.], v. 20, n. 2, p. 20–32, 2025. DOI: 10.34024/revbea.2025.v20.19252. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/revbea/article/view/19252. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.
Received 2024-07-31
Accepted 2024-12-03
Published 2025-04-01