Student participation in school ground greening initiatives in Canada: Refl ections on research design decisions and key findings

Abstract

This edited collection brings together voices and experiences from around the world, all charged with a similar task: to address participation in the context of environmental, health and sustainability education and to do so within a critical framework. Participation viewed from a critical perspective adds to a growing body of literature that seeks to inform and strengthen understandings of this frequently used phrase while urging resistance to 'jargonisation' and encouraging sophisticated consideration of 'the good, the bad and the ugly' of participation. Keywords school ground greening, student participation, research methods, participatory research, research design decisions © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.