What does healthy eating mean? Australian teachers’ perceptions of healthy eating in secondary school curricula

2019 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gail Boddy ◽  
Alison Booth ◽  
Anthony Worsley

Purpose Teachers disseminate food knowledge and skills in secondary school curricula that provide essential skills for a healthy life. The purpose of this paper is to explore Australian secondary school teachers’ views of healthy eating and their sources of information in planning their food, nutrition and health curriculum. Design/methodology/approach Secondary school teachers’ perceptions were explored through semi-structured, in-depth interviews that were de-identified and transcribed verbatim. Codes were ascribed to sections of the transcripts and throughout the process of inductive thematic analysis. The teachers’ responses were grouped into five main themes: approaches to teaching healthy eating, sources of food and nutrition information, curriculum planning, teaching goals and teacher career influences. Findings The teachers were clear about the aims and importance of teaching healthy eating in an experiential curriculum. They reported that teaching healthy eating assists the health and well--being of adolescents and their families. The effectiveness of current teaching in Australian secondary schools may be compromised by the positioning of food, nutrition and health topics in two separate curriculum areas: technologies and health and physical education, and competing school priorities and resources that limit the students’ exposures to food curricula. The teachers sourced food information from online websites, popular culture and social media. Their knowledge and views of healthy eating appeared to be associated with their interests, life experiences, education and employment histories. Practical implications These findings can assist with health promotion and education policy development. They can assist the design of healthy eating curriculum approaches for secondary schools and professional development courses for teachers, which will foster healthy food habits for adolescents, and their families in the future. Originality/value Secondary school teacher perceptions of the place of healthy eating in food, and nutrition curricula have been under examined.

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 1071-1090 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Tabach ◽  
Ruthi Barkai ◽  
Pessia Tsamir ◽  
Dina Tirosh ◽  
Tommy Dreyfus ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 864-886
Author(s):  
Yuen Onn Choong ◽  
Lee Peng Ng ◽  
Seow Ai Na ◽  
Chun Eng Tan

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of teachers’ perception on trust over their willingness to exercise organisational citizenship behaviours (OCB) using self-efficacy as a mediator. Design/methodology/approach Usable questionnaires were collected from 411 teachers in secondary schools. A two-stage analytic approach was used to analyse the data. Findings The results indicated that trust and teachers’ self-efficacy dimensions (general teaching and personal teaching) are positively related to OCB. Additionally, trust in the principal, colleagues and clients are predicted to have indirect influence on OCB through self-efficacy. Practical implications Teachers’ personal sense of efficacy is largely dependent on the amount of efforts devoted in their teaching, their decision-making ability and the degree of persistency in solving problematic issues. School management and policy makers are urged to develop effective human resources initiatives and programmes that can create a trusting relationship in the organisation and enhance teachers’ self-efficacy. These may include the socialisation programmes that can inculcate teachers’ inner natures, confidence and interpersonal skills when directed towards perceived abilities in given specific tasks and responsibilities to make a significant impact on OCB. Apart from this, the school administrator is advised to offer relevant training and workshops that able to enhance the efficacy level of teachers. Originality/value This study explored how teachers’ self-efficacy was related to trust and OCB. Teachers’ positive behaviours enable them to have greater belief in their capability of handling pressures and crises. The study contributes to the current body of literature and creates a comprehensive theoretical framework for teachers to be involved in OCB. Besides, these unique findings served as a reference to management of any school to better understand the importance of trust in the school and how it relates to teacher self-efficacy, which, in turn nurture the citizenship behaviour in workplace.


2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Mohammad Saleem AlZboon ◽  
Sarra AbdelHalim AlSleibi ◽  
Nisreen Abdalhafed Alofishat ◽  
Alaa Ahmad Harahsheh

The study aimed at identifying the reality of education on international citizenship in Jordanian schools from the point of view of the secondary school teachers in Jordan and knowing that there are statistically significant differences at the level of (α = 0.05) in the sample of the study due to gender, specialization and years of experience. The study consisted of (33) items divided into (3) areas (school administration, school curriculum and teacher), and the sample of the study consisted of (516) teachers and teachers of secondary school in Balqa Governorate. the tool. The results showed that the reality of education on global citizenship in Jordanian schools from the point of view of teachers came to a medium degree of the tool as a whole, and where the order of areas as follows: teacher, school administration, school curriculum. The results also showed that there were significant differences in (α = 0.05) in the field of school administration due to the gender variable and for the benefit of males, and there were no statistically significant differences in the school curriculum, teacher and the tool as a whole due to gender variable. (1 to 5 years), and there were no statistically significant differences in the school curricula, school administration, and the whole instrument due to the difference in specialization. For the variable of experience of the recommendations in the light of the results reached by the need to rehabilitate and train teachers and school administrations on how to achieve education on global citizenship by subjecting them to multiple training programs before and during the service and the need to include values, knowledge and skills of education on global citizenship in the school curriculum more clearly and accurately. Which is based on critical thinking, problem solving, cooperative work and work through projects.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-75
Author(s):  
Jijo Varghese ◽  
M N Mohamedunni Alias Musthafa

The present century demands transformative competencies in all spheres of human life and this necessitated the evolution of a new civil right in the modern era. Inevitably, this demands for new sets of skills and competencies in the learners to meet the challenges and competitions of the knowledge economy, labor market and information settings. To build the 21st century skills and competencies in the learners, teachers need to have awareness and knowledge about these skills and apply them in their daily classroom activities. In order to execute the strategies for promoting 21st century skills among learners, a clear perception on the same is highly essential. It is interesting to analyze the perception of the teachers and the missing gaps. This study was conducted to examine the gap between the actual and ideal perception of 21st century skills among secondary school teachers of Kerala. It also examined to what extent their age, teaching experience and subjects have been related to perception level. Data has been collected from secondary school teachers (N=350) through survey method. The result of the study showed that there was gap between actual and ideal perceptions of 21st century skills among the secondary school teachers and also positive correlation between age, teaching experience and the actual perception of 21st century skills.


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