NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
"We Are What We Eat": Adopting Recipe Writing as a Boundary Object of First-Year Writing and Nutrition Courses
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lee, Soyeon; Zhang, Shuo – Across the Disciplines, 2022
Over the recent past, interdisciplinarity has been theorized as a tool that can help teachers and researchers create new epistemological spaces in higher education. Given the emphases on vocation-oriented programs and STEM-skilled workforce education, two-year colleges have the potential to explore the development of an interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Writing Instruction, Freshman Composition, Nutrition
Chemistry in the Kitchen
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tan, Verily; Crow, Leslie; Gibson, Audrey; Phillips, Cassie; Wray, Lisa; Reck, Cathrine – Science Teacher, 2019
The authors developed a lesson for teachers to integrate chemistry and culinary arts, providing students with an opportunity to participate in three-dimensional learning, engage in science and engineering practices, and apply disciplinary core content and crosscutting concepts (Krajcik et al. 2014). The project involved five classes: three…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cooking Instruction, Science Education, Engineering
Local Strategies: Creating and Nurturing Collaborative Communities of Practice
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bauer, Denise; Beaulieu, Elizabeth; Wobbe, Kristin – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2017
Creating meaningful professional development opportunities for general education faculty can be particularly challenging at professionally-focused institutions where teaching liberal arts courses is sometimes viewed merely as a service requirement. Committing to sustained professional development for general education faculty can lead to…
Descriptors: Faculty, Development, Communities of Practice, Liberal Arts
Developing a Parent-Centered Obesity Prevention Program for 4-H Families: Implications for Extension Family Programming
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Benke, Carrie J.; Bailey, Sandra J.; Martz, Jill; Paul, Lynn; Lynch, Wesley; Eldridge, Galen – Journal of Extension, 2013
Planning youth and family programming in the 21st century is daunting given family members' busy schedules. This is even more challenging when planning programs in rural areas, where there are vast distances between communities. This article discusses a research and educational outreach project that uses best practices in program development…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Obesity, Prevention, Health Promotion
FCS and English: Dual Class Develops "Taste" for Other Cultures
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Caya, Billie Ann – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2005
"Foods and Literature of the World" is a dual class taught at Bismarck High School in Bismarck, North Dakota. There are two components of the class--English and family and consumer sciences (FCS). (The English component fulfills the 12th grade English requirement.) Culture is explored through class discussion, essay writing, research,…
Descriptors: English, Grade 12, Consumer Science, Literature
No-Cook Cookery. Forty-five Delicious Learning Activities Based on a Topic All Kids Love--Food!
Stangl, Jean – Instructor, 1982
Individual and classroom learning activities that involve "no-cook cookery" (cooking without heat) and that teach concepts in the areas of science, mathematics, social studies, language arts, visual arts, and botany are described. (CJ)
Descriptors: Art Education, Class Activities, Cooking Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
Cooking in the Kindergarten.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Klefstad, Jill – Young Children, 1995
Explores the learning opportunities cooking activities can provide in a kindergarten classroom. Language arts, math, science, fine-motor skills, art, health, music, and social studies are some of the curriculum areas that can benefit from these kind of activities. Cooking also is explored as an opportunity for parent involvement, where parent and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooking Instruction, Curriculum Design, Developmental Tasks