Elementary and Middle School Teacher Ideas about the Agri-Food System and Their Evaluation of Agri-System Stakeholders' Suggestions for Education.

Trexler, Cary J.; Johnson, Thomas; Heinze, Kirk

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ERIC Number: EJ606078

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Elementary and Middle School Teacher Ideas about the Agri-Food System and Their Evaluation of Agri-System Stakeholders' Suggestions for Education.

Trexler, Cary J.; Johnson, Thomas; Heinze, Kirk

Journal of Agricultural Education, v41 n1 p30-38 2000

Results of focus groups with 90 Michigan second- through eighth-grade teachers showed that they viewed the agri-food system from a nutrition and health perspective; nutrition education predominated. Production agriculture had little impact on the curriculum. They wanted a centralized resource for supplemental curriculum materials and support in using them. (SK)

Descriptors: Agriculture, Course Content, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Food, Middle Schools, Nutrition, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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