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- Berg, Gita, 1982-, et al.
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Sustainable Home Economics Teacher Education in Pandemic Times : Experiences from Swedish Universities
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- One aspect of the Sustainable Development Goals is quality education. Not only should education work in favor of sustainable development on a global level; quality education needs to be sustainable in the sense that it provides opportunities for students’ learning in relation to the subject taught. The school subject Home Economics (HE) is often described as having cooking as a core feature. Consequently, HE-teacher education commonly includes practical cooking as a central part of the content. During the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, educational preconditions suddenly changed, and possibilities for undertaking cooking on campus became limited. In this study, we investigate HE-teacher educators’ experiences of adjusting practical cooking activities during the covid-19 pandemic. The aim is twofold: first, to highlight how the pandemic situation has been tackled in Swedish HE-teacher education. Second, to contribute to the understanding of practical cooking as a part of sustainable HE-teacher education.In Sweden, there are four universities that offer HE-teacher education. Educators from these four universities were interviewed digitally in focus groups in two rounds. The first round was held in October 2020, the second in April/May 2021. The interviews followed a semi-structured design, and questions were asked about what the pandemic had meant for practical cooking activities in terms of problems, solutions and insights for the future. The interviews are analyzed using thematic analysis, and preliminary results show e.g. how educators used digital solutions, making the education accessible despite new restrictions. These solutions did not necessarily affect students’ possibilities to achieve formally stated learning goals, but there was a hesitation concerning whether tacit and situated aspects of learning was lost when physical encounters did not take place. In short, the results evoke new insights regarding what constitutes sustainable education for HE-teachers of today.
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"You fuel the car with gas, you fuel the body with food" : Educational functions of food for health in Home Economics
- 2022
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Home Economics (HE) is an important site for education about food and health, which is crucial in the striving for sustainable development. The aim of this study is to contribute to the understanding of health education as a part of HE, specifically targeting how food, meals and health is constituted as educational content. The study is a part of a comprehensive case study where one school class and two HE-teachers were followed throughout a school year, using a variety of qualitative methods such as interviews, focus groups, audio- and video documented classroom observations. The analysis, including audio recordings from thirteen classroom observations and eight teacher interviews, is guided by a research methodology grounded in pragmatism, and a conceptual framework based on three functions of education: i) qualification, ii) socialization, and iii) subjectification. The results show how the qualification function comprises nutrition knowledge, competencies in food selection, and practical cooking skills. The socialization function entails dichotomous values of food and eating as “right” or “wrong”, and valuation based on foods instrumentality in terms of physiological potential and risk. The subjectification function entails students acting as conscious consumers by taking personal responsibility for food and health. Environmental sustainability becomes part of the education as conscious consumers know how to prepare their own meals, evaluate the nutritional content of food, and adjust what is eaten in relation to personal nutritional needs as well as to the “needs” of the planet. To conclude, this study unpacks how education about food for health is constituted in HE. It contributes to reflections on teaching practices with regards to food, health and sustainability. Thereby, it has implications of relevance for HE-researchers and teachers alike.
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