Perceptions, ideas, and readiness of educators to teach sustainable nutrition issues in Primary education

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Published: Sep 24, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/codiste.5341
Keywords:
sustainable nutrition, climate change, primary teachers.
Olympia Papathanasiou
Primary Education
Eythymia Romanidou
Primary Education
Penelope Papadopoulou
University of Western Macedonia
Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate the perceptions, ideas, and readiness of primary school educators as far as teaching sustainable nutrition. Twenty teachers participated in the study. The research approach to the subject was made by utilizing the tools of qualitative research. The results of the survey showed that the concept of sustainable nutrition does not have a clear conceptual content for the respondents, they do not often choose sustainable nutrition in their teaching, connect climate change with food choices, consider vegetarian diet healthy and wish to increase the topics content knowledge as well as teaching design.

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  • 19. TEACHING AND LEARNING IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION/SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION
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