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Derivation of Indicators for Value Assessment of School Gardens

  • Hong, In-Kyoung (Urban Agriculture Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science) ;
  • Yun, Hyung-Kwon (Urban Agriculture Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science) ;
  • Jung, Young-Bin (Urban Agriculture Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Mi (Urban Agriculture Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science)
  • Received : 2020.06.20
  • Accepted : 2020.07.20
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

Background and objective: The boom in urban agriculture has also resulted in the creation of many school gardens. With the increase in various hands-on education programs, people are interested in assessing the value of school gardens. This study was conducted to derive indicators for service value assessement of educational farming experience using school gardens. Methods: Through literature review, we selected assessment items and sub-factors. The indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of school gardens are classified using the Delphi method that involve a focus group experts. In order to increase the reliability and validity of the selected and classified items, an exploratory factor analysis was conducted. In addition, the relative importance and priority of each factor in each field were assessed using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Results: We classified the indicators into 4 criteria and come up with 13 items and 33 sub-factors in educational value, health value, economic value, and ecological and environmental value. Most of the items for the 4 value criteria derived were significant for assessing the value of agricultural experience services with content validity ratio (CVR) higher than 0.59 and reliability higher than .6 . In the value criteria, the experts rated educational value as the most important, followed by health value, ecological and environmental value, and economic value. In the assessment items, the most important was improvement of social functions. In the sub-factors, the most important was strengthening of ties (friendly interactions). Conclusion: Among the derived indicators assessing the value of school gardens, 4 criteria, 12 evaluation items and 29 sub-factors showed significance. The schematic index would be useful for the assessment.

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Acknowledgement

This study is supported by the Rural Development Administration's project (PJ01364403).

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