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Nanayakkara, Janandani; Margerison, Claire; Worsley, Anthony – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: Teachers play important roles in school food and nutrition education. This study aims to explore Australian teachers' self-efficacy beliefs (i.e. belief in their own capabilities to perform specific teaching tasks) in teaching secondary school food and nutrition-related subjects. Design/methodology/approach: Teachers' overall…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Nutrition, Health Education, Secondary School Teachers
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Janandani Nanayakkara; Claire Margerison; Anthony Worsley – Education Inquiry, 2024
Teachers' self-confidence plays an important role in the successful delivery of school food and nutrition education. Their opinions of ways of improving their teaching confidence provide important insights into improving teacher support systems. This paper presents qualitative data from part of an online survey that explored Australian secondary…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Self Esteem, Self Efficacy, Food
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McGuire, Julianne; Irvine, Susan; Smith, Julie; Gallegos, Danielle – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services are vital in the establishment of optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices and long-term health. This qualitative study, informed by Social Cognitive Theory, aimed to describe ECEC infant feeding environments. Nineteen formal long day care and family day care ECEC services and 124…
Descriptors: Social Cognition, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Infants
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Ronto, Rimante; Ball, Lauren; Pendergast, Donna; Harris, Neil D. – Journal of School Health, 2016
Background: Food literacy can encourage adolescents to develop healthy dietary patterns. This study examined home economics teachers' (HET) perspectives of the importance, curriculum, self-efficacy, and food environments regarding food literacy in secondary schools in Australia. Methods: A 20-item cross-sectional survey was completed by 205 HETs.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Food, Dietetics, Nutrition