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Focusing on the Earth: Using Photography and Photo Elicitation as Instruments to Engage Children as Coresearchers in a Community Garden

Ann Grugel
2008 LEARNing Landscapes |   unpublished

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In this article, the use of photographs and photo elicitation are used as models for engaging elementary children in collaborative research. Based on ethnographic research conducted in a community garden, the author illustrates how digital cameras act as a symbolic device that allow children to "pivot" (Vygotsky, 1978) into the world of researcher within the boundaries of a natured setting. Using photo-narratives constructed by three children which document their outside, social experiences in
more » ... he garden, the author suggests that their still images and accompanying narratives expose complex interrelationships between empathy, exploration and the natural environment. Fig. 1: Pictures from a children's community garden
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Ann Grugel. "Focusing on the Earth: Using Photography and Photo Elicitation as Instruments to Engage Children as Coresearchers in a Community Garden." LEARNing Landscapes | (2008)