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  • Insight from the Public on Home Economics and Formal Food Literacy

    Author(s)
    Pendergast, D
    Garvis, S
    Kanasa, H
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Pendergast, Donna L.
    Garvis, Susie M.
    Kanasa, Harry
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    In 2010, a newspaper article speculating about the inclusion of cooking in the Queensland, Australia, school curriculum was published. Readers were invited to post comments to a newspaper-managed blog. Ninetyseven posts were made. These posts (N = 97) comprise the data for this study. Data were analyzed using Leximancer to determine frequency and connection of terminology. The analysis found ''cooking'' to be the core concept, connected to either the ''school'' (formal learning) and / or to the ''home'' (informal learning). Content analysis determined the themes and their relative frequency. Three main themes were generated: ...
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    In 2010, a newspaper article speculating about the inclusion of cooking in the Queensland, Australia, school curriculum was published. Readers were invited to post comments to a newspaper-managed blog. Ninetyseven posts were made. These posts (N = 97) comprise the data for this study. Data were analyzed using Leximancer to determine frequency and connection of terminology. The analysis found ''cooking'' to be the core concept, connected to either the ''school'' (formal learning) and / or to the ''home'' (informal learning). Content analysis determined the themes and their relative frequency. Three main themes were generated: informal food literacy learning, formal food literacy learning in schools, and formal food literacy learning in home economics. Subthemes in the formal food literacy theme included: status (should a home economics course be compulsory?), enjoyment of home economics in school), and gender (with many positive comments from male respondents). The findings of this study represent a first step in understanding the potential contribution of home economics to develop food literacy.
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    Journal Title
    Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal
    Volume
    39
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1552-3934.2011.02079.x
    Subject
    Other education not elsewhere classified
    Applied economics
    Marketing
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/42173
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