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Jones, Verity – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
Supporting young people with global crises mitigation strategies is essential, yet loaded with ethical dilemmas for the educator. This study explores whether young people will make ethical decisions regarding the sustainability of food choice in schools, and based on the processes identified, what educators' needs are in supporting transformative…
Descriptors: Ethics, Decision Making, Sustainability, Food
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Whang, Nai-Ying; Yan, Ling-Fang – Education and Urban Society, 2020
This research explores current teaching interventions in the development of school food education in urban schools of northern Taiwan, focusing on the relationship between teachers' teaching attitudes, teaching knowledge, and teaching commitments. As the urban schools of northern Taiwan (Taipei, New Taipei City, and Taoyuan City) are all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Bouterakos, M.; Booth, A.; Khokhar, D.; West, M.; Margerison, C.; Campbell, K. J.; Nowson, C. A.; Grimes, C. A. – Health Education Research, 2020
This study explored the views of participants who completed a 5-week, online, interactive, family-based, salt reduction education program (Digital Education to LImit Salt in the Home). A secondary aim was to explore the views of school staff on the delivery of food and nutrition education in schools. Children aged 7-10 years, their parents and…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes
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Park, Sohyun; Lee, Eun Young; Gittelsohn, Joel; Nkala, Denis; Choi, Bo Youl – Health Education Research, 2015
Studies on health promoting schools (HPS) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are scarce. To contribute to the development of HPS in these countries, we conducted formative research to understand the school environment in Lao PDR, Mongolia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Forty-three teachers, 10 government workers and 5 parents participated in…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Developing Nations, Interviews, Coping
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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