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- Aiken, L. (1997). Psychological Testing and Assessment (9th edition). Needham Heights, Allyn & Bacon.
- Ambusaidi, A. & Al-Fari, K. (2017). In-vestigating Omani science teachers' attitudes toward teaching science: the role of gender and teaching ex-periences. International Journal of Sci-ence and Mathematics Education. 15: 71-88.
- Ambusaidi, A. & Al-Rashidi, T. (2012). Science teachers' attitudes towards using science reading in the class-room and its relations to some edu-cational variables. Journal of University of Damascus for Educational and Psychological Sciences, 28(2), 315-345.
- Ambusaidi, A. (2018). Towards a Compre-hensive School Sustainability: Practical Examples from Arab Gulf Countries. Doha, UNESCO Office. (In Arabic).
- Ambusaidi, A., Al- Yahyai, R. & Taylor, N. (2015). Establishing and re-searching school gardens in Oman as a resource for improving educa-tion outcomes. Environment and Eco-nomic Studies, 15(4): 415-430.
- Ambusaidi, A., Al-Yahyai, R., Taylor, S., & Taylor, N. (2018). Introducing School Gardens to the Omani Con-text: A preliminary study with Grade 7 classes. Eurasia Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technological Education, 14(3):1043-1055.
- Astin, A. W. (1993). What Matters in Col-lege (Vol. 9). San Francisco, Jossey-bass.
- Badawi, S., Abdul Ghani, S, Khalil, K. and Abdul Hamid, M. (2011). The effectiveness of a proposed in the home economy for the development of nutritional awareness among students in the preparatory stage in North Sinai. Journal of Reading and Knowledge, 120, 51-67 (In Arabic).
- Bamberger, Y., & Tal, T. (2007). Learning in a personal-context: Levels of choice in a free-choice learning environment in science and natural history museums. Science Education, 91, 75-95.
- Bellisle, F., Monneuse, M. O., Steptoe, A., & Wardle, J. (1995). Weight con-cerns and eating patterns: A survey of university students in Europe. International journal of obesity, 19(10), 723-730.
- Bowker, R. & Tearle, P. (2007). Garden-ing as a learning environment: A study of children’s perceptions and understanding of school gardens as part of an international project. Learning Environ Res, 10, 83–100. DOI 10.1007/s10984-007-9025-0.
- Butler, L. M., & Maronek, D. M. (2002). Urban and Agricultural Communities: Opportunities for Common Ground. (CAST Task Force Report 138). Ames, IA: Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.
- Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2000). Action research. Research methods in education, 5, 226-244.
- Desmond, D., Grieshop, J., & Subrama-nium, A. (2004). Revisiting Garden based Learning in Basic Education. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
- Enderlin, K J., Petrea, R. E., & Osborne, E. W., (1993). Student and teacher attitude toward and performance in an integrated science/agriculture course. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Central Region Research Conference in Agricultural Education, 37- 44. St. Louis, MO.
- Enderlin, K. J., & Osborne, E. W. (1992). Student achievement, attitudes, and thinking skill attainment in an integrated science/agriculture course. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual National Agricultural Education Research Meeting. St. Louis, MO.
- Greenwald, A. G. (1989). Attitude Struc-ture and Function. Hillsdale, NJ: Erl-baum Associates.
- Gun, E. (2012). Attitudes of primary school teacher candidates towards the teaching profession. Procedia- Social and behavioral Sciences, 46, 2922-2926.
- Heim, S., Stang, J., & Ireland, M. (2009). A garden pilot project enhances fruit and vegetable consumption among children. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 109(7), 1220-1226.
- Hoffman, A. J., Trepagnier, B., Cruz, A., & Thompson, D. (2004). Gardening activity as an effective measure in improving self-efficacy and self-esteem: Community college students learning effective living skills. The Community College Enterprise, 9, 231-239.
- Kristal, A. R., Bowen, D. J., Curry, S. J., Shattuck, A. L., & Henry, H. J. (1990). Nutrition knowledge, atti-tudes and perceived norms as correlates of selecting low-fat diets. Health Education Research, 5(4), 467-477.
- Li, W. & Lang, G. (2014). Effects of Green School and Parents on Chil-dren’s Perceptions of Human-Nature Relationships in China. Child Indicators Research, 8, 587– 604. DOI 10.1007/s12187-014-9265-3.
- Mabie, R., & Baker, M. (1996). A com-parison of experiential instructional strategies upon the science process skills of urban elementary youth. Journal of Agricultural Education, 37 (2), 1-7.
- Meischen, D. L & Trexler, C. J. (2003). Rural elementary students' under-standing of science and agricultural education benchmarks related to meat and livestock. Journal of Agri-cultural Education, 44(1), 43-55.
- Metin, M., Acisli, S. & Kolomuc, A. (2012). Attitude of elementary pro-spective teachers towards science teaching. Procedia- Social and Behav-ioral Sciences, 46, 2004-2008.
- National Centre for Statistics and Infor-mation (NCSI) (2018a). Statistical Year Book. Muscat, Oman. (In Ara-bic).
- National Centre for Statistics and Infor-mation (NCSI) (2018b). Share of Agriculture Sector in GDP (%). Re from: http://www.ncsi.gov.om. (In Arabic).
- Ohly, H., Gentry, S., Wigglesworth, R., Bethel, A., Lovell, R., & Garside, R. (2016). A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 286.
- Osborne, J., Simon, S., & Collins, S. (2003). Attitudes towards science: A review of the literature and its implications. International journal of science education, 25(9), 1049-1079.
- Parman, J. (2012). Good schools make good neighbors: Human capital spillovers in early 20th century agriculture. Explorations in Economic History, 49(3), 316-334.
- Passy, R., Morris, M., & Reed, F. (2011). Impact of school gardening on learning: final report to the Royal Horticultural Society. London, National Founda-tion for Educational Research.
- Phipps L; Osborne E; Dyer J; Ball A (2008). Handbook on Agricultural Education in Public School (6th Edition). NY, Delmar Learning.
- Roegge, C. A. & Russell, E. B. (1990). Teaching applied biology in second-ary agriculture: Effects on student achievement and attitudes. Journal of Agricultural Education, 31 (1), 27-31.
- Schroeder, B. (2011, January 18). Health and Food Security. Retrieved from http://www.tclocal.org
- Serdula, M. K., Collins, M. E., William-son, D. F., Anda, R. F., Pamuk, E., & Byers, T. E. (1993). Weight control practices of US adolescents and adults. Annals of Internal Medicine, 119, 667-671.
- Sheffield, B. K. (1992). The affective and cognitive effects of an interdisciplinary garden-based curriculum on undera-chieving elementary students. Un-published doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina, Co-lumbia, SC.
- Sloane, B. C., & Zimmer, C. G. (1993). The power of peer health education. Journal of American College Health, 41(6), 241-245.
- Tal, R. (2012). Out-of-school: Learning experiences, teaching and students’ learning. In B.
- Times of Oman (2016). Oman celebrates Tree Day. 30th October.
- Times of Oman (2017). Oman second most food-secured country in GCC. 29th November.
- Ugras, M., Altunbas, S., Ay, K. & Cil, E. (2012). Determination of pre-service science and classroom teachers' attitudes towards science teaching and technology and relationship between these attitudes. Procedia- Social and Behavioral Sciences, 47, 1549-1553.
- Utter. J, Denny, S. & Dyson, B. (2016). School gardens and adolescent nu-trition and BMI: Results from a na-tional, multilevel study. Preventive Medicine 83, 1–4
- Wardle, J., Griffith, J., Johnson, F., & Rapoport, L. (2000). Intentional weight control and food choice habits in a national representative sample of adults in the UK. International Journal of obesity, 24(5), 534.
- Wardle, J., Haase, A. M., Steptoe, A., Nillapun, M., Jonwutiwes, K., & Bellisie, F. (2004). Gender differences in food choice: the contribution of health beliefs and dieting. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 27(2), 107-116.
- Wells, N., Myers, B. & Henderson Jr, C. (2014). Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physi-cal activity. Archives of Public Health, 72, 43.
- Williams, D. R., & Dixon, P. S. (2013). Impact of garden-based learning on academic outcomes in schools: Syn-thesis of research between 1990 and 2010. Review of Educational Research, 83(2), 211-235.
- Zaitoon, A. (1996). Teaching Science Strategies. Amman: Dar Al-Shorooq.
References
Aiken, L. (1997). Psychological Testing and Assessment (9th edition). Needham Heights, Allyn & Bacon.
Ambusaidi, A. & Al-Fari, K. (2017). In-vestigating Omani science teachers' attitudes toward teaching science: the role of gender and teaching ex-periences. International Journal of Sci-ence and Mathematics Education. 15: 71-88.
Ambusaidi, A. & Al-Rashidi, T. (2012). Science teachers' attitudes towards using science reading in the class-room and its relations to some edu-cational variables. Journal of University of Damascus for Educational and Psychological Sciences, 28(2), 315-345.
Ambusaidi, A. (2018). Towards a Compre-hensive School Sustainability: Practical Examples from Arab Gulf Countries. Doha, UNESCO Office. (In Arabic).
Ambusaidi, A., Al- Yahyai, R. & Taylor, N. (2015). Establishing and re-searching school gardens in Oman as a resource for improving educa-tion outcomes. Environment and Eco-nomic Studies, 15(4): 415-430.
Ambusaidi, A., Al-Yahyai, R., Taylor, S., & Taylor, N. (2018). Introducing School Gardens to the Omani Con-text: A preliminary study with Grade 7 classes. Eurasia Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technological Education, 14(3):1043-1055.
Astin, A. W. (1993). What Matters in Col-lege (Vol. 9). San Francisco, Jossey-bass.
Badawi, S., Abdul Ghani, S, Khalil, K. and Abdul Hamid, M. (2011). The effectiveness of a proposed in the home economy for the development of nutritional awareness among students in the preparatory stage in North Sinai. Journal of Reading and Knowledge, 120, 51-67 (In Arabic).
Bamberger, Y., & Tal, T. (2007). Learning in a personal-context: Levels of choice in a free-choice learning environment in science and natural history museums. Science Education, 91, 75-95.
Bellisle, F., Monneuse, M. O., Steptoe, A., & Wardle, J. (1995). Weight con-cerns and eating patterns: A survey of university students in Europe. International journal of obesity, 19(10), 723-730.
Bowker, R. & Tearle, P. (2007). Garden-ing as a learning environment: A study of children’s perceptions and understanding of school gardens as part of an international project. Learning Environ Res, 10, 83–100. DOI 10.1007/s10984-007-9025-0.
Butler, L. M., & Maronek, D. M. (2002). Urban and Agricultural Communities: Opportunities for Common Ground. (CAST Task Force Report 138). Ames, IA: Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.
Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2000). Action research. Research methods in education, 5, 226-244.
Desmond, D., Grieshop, J., & Subrama-nium, A. (2004). Revisiting Garden based Learning in Basic Education. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
Enderlin, K J., Petrea, R. E., & Osborne, E. W., (1993). Student and teacher attitude toward and performance in an integrated science/agriculture course. Proceedings of the 47th Annual Central Region Research Conference in Agricultural Education, 37- 44. St. Louis, MO.
Enderlin, K. J., & Osborne, E. W. (1992). Student achievement, attitudes, and thinking skill attainment in an integrated science/agriculture course. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual National Agricultural Education Research Meeting. St. Louis, MO.
Greenwald, A. G. (1989). Attitude Struc-ture and Function. Hillsdale, NJ: Erl-baum Associates.
Gun, E. (2012). Attitudes of primary school teacher candidates towards the teaching profession. Procedia- Social and behavioral Sciences, 46, 2922-2926.
Heim, S., Stang, J., & Ireland, M. (2009). A garden pilot project enhances fruit and vegetable consumption among children. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 109(7), 1220-1226.
Hoffman, A. J., Trepagnier, B., Cruz, A., & Thompson, D. (2004). Gardening activity as an effective measure in improving self-efficacy and self-esteem: Community college students learning effective living skills. The Community College Enterprise, 9, 231-239.
Kristal, A. R., Bowen, D. J., Curry, S. J., Shattuck, A. L., & Henry, H. J. (1990). Nutrition knowledge, atti-tudes and perceived norms as correlates of selecting low-fat diets. Health Education Research, 5(4), 467-477.
Li, W. & Lang, G. (2014). Effects of Green School and Parents on Chil-dren’s Perceptions of Human-Nature Relationships in China. Child Indicators Research, 8, 587– 604. DOI 10.1007/s12187-014-9265-3.
Mabie, R., & Baker, M. (1996). A com-parison of experiential instructional strategies upon the science process skills of urban elementary youth. Journal of Agricultural Education, 37 (2), 1-7.
Meischen, D. L & Trexler, C. J. (2003). Rural elementary students' under-standing of science and agricultural education benchmarks related to meat and livestock. Journal of Agri-cultural Education, 44(1), 43-55.
Metin, M., Acisli, S. & Kolomuc, A. (2012). Attitude of elementary pro-spective teachers towards science teaching. Procedia- Social and Behav-ioral Sciences, 46, 2004-2008.
National Centre for Statistics and Infor-mation (NCSI) (2018a). Statistical Year Book. Muscat, Oman. (In Ara-bic).
National Centre for Statistics and Infor-mation (NCSI) (2018b). Share of Agriculture Sector in GDP (%). Re from: http://www.ncsi.gov.om. (In Arabic).
Ohly, H., Gentry, S., Wigglesworth, R., Bethel, A., Lovell, R., & Garside, R. (2016). A systematic review of the health and well-being impacts of school gardening: synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 286.
Osborne, J., Simon, S., & Collins, S. (2003). Attitudes towards science: A review of the literature and its implications. International journal of science education, 25(9), 1049-1079.
Parman, J. (2012). Good schools make good neighbors: Human capital spillovers in early 20th century agriculture. Explorations in Economic History, 49(3), 316-334.
Passy, R., Morris, M., & Reed, F. (2011). Impact of school gardening on learning: final report to the Royal Horticultural Society. London, National Founda-tion for Educational Research.
Phipps L; Osborne E; Dyer J; Ball A (2008). Handbook on Agricultural Education in Public School (6th Edition). NY, Delmar Learning.
Roegge, C. A. & Russell, E. B. (1990). Teaching applied biology in second-ary agriculture: Effects on student achievement and attitudes. Journal of Agricultural Education, 31 (1), 27-31.
Schroeder, B. (2011, January 18). Health and Food Security. Retrieved from http://www.tclocal.org
Serdula, M. K., Collins, M. E., William-son, D. F., Anda, R. F., Pamuk, E., & Byers, T. E. (1993). Weight control practices of US adolescents and adults. Annals of Internal Medicine, 119, 667-671.
Sheffield, B. K. (1992). The affective and cognitive effects of an interdisciplinary garden-based curriculum on undera-chieving elementary students. Un-published doctoral dissertation, University of South Carolina, Co-lumbia, SC.
Sloane, B. C., & Zimmer, C. G. (1993). The power of peer health education. Journal of American College Health, 41(6), 241-245.
Tal, R. (2012). Out-of-school: Learning experiences, teaching and students’ learning. In B.
Times of Oman (2016). Oman celebrates Tree Day. 30th October.
Times of Oman (2017). Oman second most food-secured country in GCC. 29th November.
Ugras, M., Altunbas, S., Ay, K. & Cil, E. (2012). Determination of pre-service science and classroom teachers' attitudes towards science teaching and technology and relationship between these attitudes. Procedia- Social and Behavioral Sciences, 47, 1549-1553.
Utter. J, Denny, S. & Dyson, B. (2016). School gardens and adolescent nu-trition and BMI: Results from a na-tional, multilevel study. Preventive Medicine 83, 1–4
Wardle, J., Griffith, J., Johnson, F., & Rapoport, L. (2000). Intentional weight control and food choice habits in a national representative sample of adults in the UK. International Journal of obesity, 24(5), 534.
Wardle, J., Haase, A. M., Steptoe, A., Nillapun, M., Jonwutiwes, K., & Bellisie, F. (2004). Gender differences in food choice: the contribution of health beliefs and dieting. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 27(2), 107-116.
Wells, N., Myers, B. & Henderson Jr, C. (2014). Study protocol: effects of school gardens on children’s physi-cal activity. Archives of Public Health, 72, 43.
Williams, D. R., & Dixon, P. S. (2013). Impact of garden-based learning on academic outcomes in schools: Syn-thesis of research between 1990 and 2010. Review of Educational Research, 83(2), 211-235.
Zaitoon, A. (1996). Teaching Science Strategies. Amman: Dar Al-Shorooq.