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Food and nutrition education in American elementary schools: a national survey
Author(s) -
RICHARDS MARY L.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1985.tb00102.x
Subject(s) - nutrition education , curriculum , inclusion (mineral) , mathematics education , psychology , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , gerontology , social psychology
A random sample of American elementary school educators, representing all but three of the 50 United States, responded to a questionnaire designed to ascertain: (1) their opinions concerning the inclusion of food and nutrition concepts in the elementary school curriculum; (2) their actual practices concerning the teaching of food and nutrition in the elementary classroom: and (3) their needs for elementary food and nutrition teaching materials. The results suggested that nutrition was the food and nutrition concept area most highly valued in relation to the education of young children and the concept area most frequently taught in American elementary classrooms; it also represented the concept area most in need of the development of teaching materials. Congruently, nutrition represented the food and nutrition concept area most frequently reported as being supported by American school administrators.