Plants in schools
The latest research on the benefits of plants in schools has just been made available from the University of Technology Sydney.
The trials found that classroom plants consistently led to improved performance in spelling, mathematics and science, ie, across the curriculum, for possibly a variety of interlinked reasons. And from our discussions with staff at the three schools, there seemed to be unanimous agreement among teachers and students that plants in the classrooms improved their appearance and ‘ambience’.
This was a preliminary study, the first of its kind in aiming to compare performance of school students in classrooms with and without plants. Further studies are needed to provide formal confirmation of the results.
However, taken with the findings of other international research on the benefits of indoor plants, it seems reasonable that a recommendation could be made to education authorities for indoor plants to be a standard installation of school classrooms.
Figure 1. School A: Comparison of changes in mid-term and end of term mathematic scores in classes with and without plants. (Means and SE; n = 69–72.)
The trials found that classroom plants consistently led to improved performance in spelling, mathematics and science, ie, across the curriculum, for possibly a variety of interlinked reasons. And from our discussions with staff at the three schools, there seemed to be unanimous agreement among teachers and students that plants in the classrooms improved their appearance and ‘ambience’.
This was a preliminary study, the first of its kind in aiming to compare performance of school students in classrooms with and without plants. Further studies are needed to provide formal confirmation of the results.
However, taken with the findings of other international research on the benefits of indoor plants, it seems reasonable that a recommendation could be made to education authorities for indoor plants to be a standard installation of school classrooms.
Figure 1. School A: Comparison of changes in mid-term and end of term mathematic scores in classes with and without plants. (Means and SE; n = 69–72.)
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