Lecture 9 Flashcards
Briefly describe the ups and downs of the HEc education?
Late 1800 HEc was taken very seriously (very broad)
Feminist movement in the 60/70s wanted women to have greater opportunities to participate in the outside world (without questioning its values and its processes)
-very narrow
This has lead to the “Dumping of HEc” and a need to re-widen the scope
What does the removal of HEc form the class room coincided with?
Cost cutting measures (recession) in schools and the rise in consumerism)
What came before designer clothes?
Homemade clothes
-not knowing how to sew lead to increased dependence on designer labels as definition of quality
What is homemaking not as valued as?
Wade earning
What doe san untidy house suggest?
That parents are busy earning money in the public sphere
What is filling the gap left by the removal of HEc classes from curriculum?
The market (Martha Stewart)
What have we shifted from and too?
Producers to consumers
What is more important, work life or home life?
We put in extra hours at the office because we value that kind of work
Home life and child rearing area secondary
What are the recommendations for HEc education?
Parents need to demand HEc curriculum
Make HEc a priority at university level
-having properly trained teachers
What are the F&N challenges?
- FN education is undervalued by teachers, school admin and parents
- Number & duration of classes has decreased
- “Dumping ground” for challenging students
- Perception that “anybody” can teach cooking
- Seen as a less important subject than math/science
What does “Dumping Ground” mean?
Students with behaviour challenges or developmental problems they put them in family studies.
Teachers of these subjects questions the intellectual portion to the class
If you have more than one kid with behaviour issues it makes it hard for other teachers
What happened to pays ed classes?
Added nutrition education but the problem is that it is taught by kin people
If HEc a popular teaching field?
Thre are fewer teachers entering the field
- very hard to get qualified people
- especially hard to recruit up north
Why isn’t hEc chosen as often as a profession?
Poor career counselling at university
How does the wider environment undermine F&N education?
Home:
- increase in convenience foods
- decrease in time spent preparing food, fewer family meals, mentoring of children in food skills
School:
- Unhealthy foods served at events
- ‘junk’ food rewards
Why is there a decrease in student knowledge, skills and attitudes towards HEc education?
- Many students have little/no knowledge of food
- food preparation
- Basic equipment usage
- Food safety
- Difficult to teach higher level skills/recipes
Why is F&N education critically important?
Seeing increased rates of chronic diseases that are diet related
What can F&N classes also teach us in terms of skills?
Food planning, prep, hygiene Financial management Teamwork Food and nutrition science Food system issues
What are some recommendations to address HEc education?
Develop FN curriculum based on comprehensive food literacy framework
- Functional food literacy
- Interactive food literacy
- Critical food literacy
Implement mandatory FN education
Why are university students looked at in terms of their food skill level?
- Significant life transition?
- Poor diet & decreased PA can lead to weight gain and CHD
- Behaviours track into adulthood
- Many barriers to healthful eating (time, money, stress, lack of FN education)
Why are food skills important?
Food prep can lead to better diet quality
Inadequate food skills and low involvement in food prep among Canadian youth
Lack of cooking skills is inversely related to the purchase, prep and consumption of F&V
91% of University students eat <1/2 F&V recommendations
University students intend to eat better but lack what?
Lack Coping self efficacy and knowledge of dietary recommendations
What was the original university student survey based on?
Based on evidence and practice based indicators, expert opinions and literature
Pilot tested minor working revisions
30,310 Western students invited by email to take survey
What were the 7 food skills involved in the university student study?
- Peeling, chopping, slicing F&V
- Cooking a few dishes to serve at same time
- Making a meal with available ingredients
- Cooking large batch to freeze for later
- Adjusting recipe to make it healthier
- Choosing spice/herb that goes well with food
- Meal planning for weeks meal