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Constructivist nutrition curriculum design: six lessons combining active learning, prior knowledge, group work and socio-cultural connections

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Description

The article's curriculum comprises "six one-hour lessons" covering food groups, analyzing influences on eating, food labels, health claims, body image and fast food restaurants. Lessons "position students as active learners, have them connect the new content with their prior knowledge, encourage students to work in groups and share their work, discuss, and debate with their peers, and connect new content with students' lives outside of schools." Experienced health educators reviewed each lesson against these constructivist criteria.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Lessons must be reviewed to ensure students are actively learning, that new information connects with prior knowledge, that social interaction is maximized, and that lessons involve students' lives in school, at home and in the community.

Constraints

Target Learners

  • middle school students in health education

Learning Goals

  • nutrition knowledge
  • healthy eating behaviors
  • dietary self-efficacy

Claims

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Key Sources

  • McCaughtry N, Fahlman M, Martin JJ, Shen B. (2011). Influences of constructivist-oriented nutrition education on urban middle school students' nutrition knowledge, self-efficacy, and behaviors. Am J Health Educ. 2011; 42(5):276-285.
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title Constructivist nutrition curriculum design: six lessons combining active learning, prior knowledge, group work and socio-cultural connections
description The article's curriculum comprises "six one-hour lessons" covering food groups, analyzing influences on eating, food labels, health claims, body image and fast food restaurants.
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