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ERIC Number: EJ1260481
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jul
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1541-4329
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Food Safety in the Classroom: Using the Delphi Technique to Evaluate Researcher-Developed Food Safety Curriculum Aligned to State Academic Standards
Barrett, Tressie E.; Feng, Yaohua; Wang, Hui-Hui
Journal of Food Science Education, v19 n3 p152-172 Jul 2020
High school students' prevalence as food-service industry employees and their lack of food safety knowledge make them prime candidates for food safety education. The researchers developed a food-safety-focused curriculum for high school students aligned with Indiana Academic Standards for Agriculture, Advanced Life Science: Food. The curriculum was designed to provide students with fundamental food safety concepts through experiential learning and incorporation of science, technology, engineering, agriculture, and mathematics (STEAM) activities in the context of different careers related to agriculture, especially in food science. This study uses the Delphi technique to evaluate the food safety curriculum, including the identification of barriers to incorporating the curriculum into classrooms. The Delphi technique uses an expert panel to generate consensus related to a topic. A panel of experts in the field of education evaluated the curriculum through three rounds of surveys containing questions related to six curriculum assessment topics. Experts rated the degree to which they agreed with statements about the curriculum using a 5-point Likert scale and multiple-choice questions. At the conclusion of the study, the cost to purchase materials for cooking labs was the only identified barrier to curriculum incorporation (62.5%). Experts agreed that the curriculum addressed academic standards (100%), was engaging for students (100.0%), was easy for teachers to use (89.5%), and successfully incorporated STEAM (100.0%), experiential learning (89.5%), and career-education (78.9%). This study highlights the feasibility of providing food safety education to high school students in less traditional disciplines while promoting career development through the incorporation of experiential learning, STEAM, and career-education components.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA)
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Identifiers - Location: Indiana
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1016049
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